Coordinates: 44°57′24″N 18°18′54″E / 44.95667°N 18.315°E / 44.95667; 18.315

Modriča Модрича
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Coat of arms of Modriča Coat of arms
Location of Modriča within Republika Srpska
Coordinates: 44°57′24″N 18°18′54″E / 44.95667°N 18.315°E / 44.95667; 18.315
Entity	Republika Srpska
Government
• Mayor	Mladen Krekić (SNSD) [1]
Area
• Total	336 km2 (130 sq mi)
Population (1991)
• Total	35,413
• Municipality	?
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	53
Website	www.modrica.ba

Modriča rafinery

Modriča (Serbian Cyrillic: Модрича) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located near the towns of Šamac, Derventa and Doboj. After the war, prewar municipal borders were changed, villages of Jakeš, Pećnik and Modrički Lug were excluded from Modriča and included in new Vukosavlje municipality), and few villages from western part of prewar Gradačac municipality were included. So the area of municiplity changed substantially.

Demographics[link]

1971[link]

31,622 total

• Serbs - 13,457 (42.55 %)
• Croats - 9,418 (29.78 %)
• Bosniaks - 8,356 (26.42 %)
• Yugoslavs - 180 (0.56 %)
• оthers - 211 (0.69 %)

1991[link]

According to the 1991 census, the Modriča municipality had a population of 35,413 people, including^[1]:

• 12,564 Serbs
• 10,441 Bosniaks
• 9,660 Croats
• 1,813 Yugoslavs
• 935 others

Economy[link]

The Modriča oil refinery, currently owned by Russian investors, is located in Modriča.

Sports[link]

• The local football club, FK Modriča, plays in the First League of the Republika Srpska.
• The local volleyball club is Modriča Optima.

Car racing club OPTIMA - MODRICA

See also[link]

• Municipalities of Republika Srpska

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.hdmagazine.com/bosnia/census/cens-s.html

External links[link]

Historic Photos of Modriča[link]

• Old photograph of Modriča - year unknown (#1)
• Old photograph of Modriča - year unknown (#2)
• Photograph of "Alibeg's Cafe", destroyed in 1946
• A photograph of Modriča in the 1970s
• An Austro-Hungarian map of Modriča and the surrounding area - from the end of the 19th century

Other links[link]

• Official site
• modrica.com (The largest Modriča community on the internet)
• modrica.biz - forum

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