# Lopare

Lopare (Serbian Cyrillic: Лопаре) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Majevica region. As of 2013, the town has a population of 2,709 inhabitants, while the municipality has 15,357 inhabitants.

## Geography

The present Lopare municipality stretches over the area of 299 square kilometers, bordering the municipalities of Ugljevik and Bijeljina in Republika Srpska, Teočak, Sapna, Tuzla and Čelić in the FBiH, as well as the Brčko District.
The municipality is located where Mount Majevica transitions into the plains of Semberija and Posavina, and represents the centre of this part of the sub-Majevica area. The entire area is characterized by a large number of smaller watercourses, while the Gnjica River flows through the town of Lopare. The town of Lopare is located at an average altitude of 235 m above the sea level. The municipality has natural resources which include agricultural land, forests and stone, while also having rock salt and coal, to a lesser and unexamined extent.

## Demographics

According to the 2013 census results, the municipality of Lopare has a population of 15,357 inhabitants. The municipal territory was reduced by around 30% during the war, as well as that almost one third of the pre-war population now lives in the neighboring municipality of Čelić. During and after the war, significant changes occurred in the demographic structure of the municipality.

### Population

Population of settlements – Lopare municipality :
| | Settlement | 1961. | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. |
| | Total | | 33,847 | 33,769 | 32,400 | 15,357 |
| 1 | Bobetino Brdo | | | | 586 | 393 |
| 2 | Brusnica | | | | 488 | 367 |
| 3 | Jablanica | | | | 1,119 | 850 |
| 4 | Koraj | | | | 2,492 | 1,312 |
| 5 | Koretaši | | | | 334 | 213 |
| 6 | Kozjak | | | | 463 | 244 |
| 7 | Labucka | | | | 362 | 274 |
| 8 | Lipovice | | | | 391 | 329 |
| 9 | Lopare | 357 | 692 | 966 | 1,720 | 2,709 |
| 10 | Lopare Selo | | | | 1,035 | 699 |
| 11 | Milino Selo | | | | 614 | 378 |
| 12 | Mirosavci | | | | 578 | 284 |
| 13 | Mrtvica | | | | 854 | 532 |
| 14 | Peljave | | | | 620 | 528 |
| 15 | Piperi | | | | 1,113 | 845 |
| 16 | Pirkovci | | | | 700 | 626 |
| 17 | Podgora | | | | 519 | 223 |
| 18 | Priboj | | | | 1,833 | 1,285 |
| 19 | Puškovac | | | | 754 | 498 |
| 20 | Tobut | | | | 1,424 | 1,146 |
| 21 | Vukosavci | | | | 473 | 362 |

### Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Lopare town :
| | 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. |
| Total | 2,709 (100,0%) | 1,720 (100,0%) | 966 (100,0%) | 692 (100,0%) |
| Serbs | | 1,417 (82,38%) | 667 (69,05%) | 556 (80,35%) |
| Yugoslavs | | 134 (7,791%) | 190 (19,67%) | 1 (0,145%) |
| Bosniaks | | 114 (6,628%) | 75 (7,764%) | 95 (13,73%) |
| Others | | 38 (2,209%) | | 3 (0,434%) |
| Croats | | 17 (0,988%) | 11 (1,139%) | 23 (3,324%) |
| Montenegrins | | | 17 (1,760%) | 6 (0,867%) |
| Albanians | | | 4 (0,414%) | 5 (0,723%) |
| Macedonians | | | 2 (0,207%) | 1 (0,145%) |
| Hungarians | | | | 2 (0,289%) |
Ethnic composition – Lopare municipality :
| | 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. |
| Total | 15,357 (100,0%) | 32 537 (100,0%) | 33,769 (100,0%) | 33,847 (100,0%) |
| Serbs | 13,869 (90,31%) | 18,243 (56,07%) | 19,522 (57,81%) | 20,497 (60,56%) |
| Bosniaks | 1,371 (8,928%) | 11,990 (36,85%) | 11,952 (35,39%) | 11,621 (34,33%) |
| Others | 67 (0,436%) | 458 (1,408%) | 72 (0,213%) | 106 (0,313%) |
| Croats | 50 (0,326%) | 1,263 (3,882%) | 1,608 (4,762%) | 1 537 (4,541%) |
| Yugoslavs | | 583 (1,792%) | 541 (1,602%) | 43 (0,127%) |
| Montenegrins | | | 38 (0,113%) | 15 (0,044%) |
| Albanians | | | 16 (0,047%) | 23 (0,068%) |
| Macedonians | | | 15 (0,044%) | 1 (0,003%) |
| Hungarians | | | 3 (0,009%) | 4 (0,012%) |
| Slovenes | | | 2 (0,006%) | |

## Economy

The following table gives a preview of the total number of registered people employed in professional fields (as of 2018):
| Professional fields | Total |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 45 |
| Mining and quarrying | 1 |
| Manufacturing | 176 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 27 |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 15 |
| Construction | 32 |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 216 |
| Transportation and storage | 40 |
| Accommodation and food services | 60 |
| Information and communication | 5 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 1 |
| Real estate activities | - |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 14 |
| Administrative and support service activities | 7 |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 161 |
| Education | 203 |
| Human health and social work activities | 90 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 15 |
| Other service activities | 25 |
| Total | 1,133 |

## Infrastructure

The regional road Tuzla–Brčko and Bijeljina–Tuzla motorway run through the municipality. The length of the categorized road network is 204 km2 on the municipal territory, and there are 333 km of uncategorized roads. While the road network is fairly developed, the number of both categorized and uncategorized paved roads is very small.

## Notable people

* Goran Miljanović, football player
* Cvijetin Mijatović, politician, Chairman of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia