Vitovlje is a village in the

Travnik Travnik ( cyrl, Травник) is a town and a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the administrative center of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

Municipality,

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. It is located on the slopes of the Vlašić Mountain, under Gavrića Brdo (Gavric's Hill, 1006 m), at an altitude of about 900 m. In

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, Vitovlje was in the Parish of Mel (Župa Mel). Through the settlement the Dedića potok (Dedići's stream) flows through the settlement, a tributary of the

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, south of the Korićani's Rocks. The

Pougarje The Ugar ( sr-cyrl, Угар, known as the ''Brzica'' until 1878) is a river of Bosnia, a tributary of the Vrbas river. It originates at the slopes of Vlašić, upstream of Sažići and Melina villages (at around of 1,590 meters above sea lev ...

stretches from Vitovlje, along the Ugar, between the mountains of

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and Ugarske stijene (Ugar's Rocks). At the last census in 1991, before the collapse of

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, Vitovlje had 708 inhabitants. During the

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, the village was destroyed and its inhabitants were either murdered or expelled. In the post-war period, the village was restored, and most of the refugees returned to their homes. According to the census of 2013, there were 576 inhabitants.

Population (1991)

Internet – Source: Popis po mjesnim zajednicama – http://www.fzs.ba/Podaci/nacion%20po%20mjesnim.pdf

Overview

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External links

*http://www.maplandia.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina/federacija-bosne-i-hercegovine/vitovlje/ *http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-146986&fid=622&c=bosnia_and_herzegovina {{Travnik municipality Populated places in Travnik Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina