Šurmanci ( sr-cyrl, Шурманци) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the

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Čapljina Čapljina ( cyrl, Чапљина, ) is a city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the border with Croatia a mere from the Adriatic Sea. The rive ...

and Parish Medjugorje.

History and people

Šurmanci is currently composed of about 100 households, approximately 350 people, mostly

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

(religion mostly Catholic) and

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(religion mostly Muslim). The village belongs to municipality Čapljina and Parish Medjugorje. It is a home to a Merciful Jesus Church, famous for the Merciful Jesus painting, visited by thousands of pilgrims each year, who visit the village while on their pilgrimage to Medjugorje.

Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 301.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Surmanci Villages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Populated places in Čapljina