Ravno is a village and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the

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. Ravno was a separate municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje municipality. In 1994, the border changed and Ravno became a separate municipality again. This time however, part of the frontier lands of Trebinje municipality were added as part of Ravno. When Ravno inherited part of the former Trebinje municipality it had an area of . These added borderlands went under the title Travunian Marches (Trebinjska Krajina) and were mostly inhabited by Serbs. The settlement of Ivanica has an unobstructed view of the

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Demographics

Population

Ethnic composition

Settlements

Baljivac,

Belenići Belenići is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.In the 1991 census it had 12 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipality. Demographics According ...

, Bobovišta, Cicrina, Čavaš, Čopice,

Čvaljina Čvaljina ( sr-cyrl, Чваљина) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bos ...

Dvrsnica Dvrsnica ( sr-cyrl, Дврсница) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 4, all Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numer ...

Glavska Glavska ( sr-cyrl, Главска) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosni ...

Golubinac Golubinac ( sr-cyrl, Голубинац) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the 1991 census it had 11 inhabitants, all of them being Croats. Prior the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina it belonged to Trebinje municipa ...

Gorogaše Gorogaše ( sr-cyrl, Горогаше) is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 17, all Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most num ...

Grebci Grebci is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the cross ...

, Ivanica,

Kalađurđevići Kalađurđevići is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 21, all Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a comm ...

Kijev Do Kijev Do is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the cro ...

, Kutina,

Nenovići Nenovići is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 10, all Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic gr ...

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Orahov Do Orahov Do (Serbian Cyrillic: Орахов До) is a village in Ravno municipality Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formerly part of the Trebinje municipality, up until the Bosnian War. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with Croatia o ...

, Podosoje, Požarno,

Prosjek Prosjek is a village in the municipality of Ravno, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the cr ...

, Ravno, Rupni Do, Slavogostići, Slivnica Bobani, Slivnica Površ, Sparožići, Šćenica Bobani, Trebimlja, Trnčina, Uskoplje, Velja Međa, Vlaka, Vukovići, Začula, Zagradinje, Zaplanik and Zavala, and parts of settlements: Baonine, Orašje Popovo and Rapti Bobani.

Ravno during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ravno was first attacked in early October 1991 by JNA forces, which levelled the village on the way to attack Dubrovnik in the

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. Ravno again suffered heavy damage during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when the majority of villages were destroyed. The area around Ravno was used as a corridor from where Dubrovnik county in Croatia was continuously attacked.

Notable people

* Dominik Andrijašević (fl. 1596–1637), Ragusan Franciscan bishop * Nikola Bošković (1642–1721), Ragusan trader and father of Roger Joseph Boscovich

References

External links

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