| Settlement Type: | Town and municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2013 census |
| Native Name: | Хан Пијесак |
| Official Name: | Han Pijesak |
| Area Total Km2: | 322.9 |
| Population Total: | 3530 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 44.0833°N 75°W |
| Area Code: | 57 |
| Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
| Leader Name: | Slobodan Đurić |
| Leader Party: | SDS |
| Image Map1: | Han Pijesak-naselja.PNG |
Han Pijesak (Serbian: Хан Пијесак) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 3,530 inhabitants, while the town of Han Pijesak has a population of 1,820 inhabitants.[1]
Medieval stećak tombstones on the sites of Pokojnica (Mramorje) and Podgroblje (Luka) are located near the village of Nevačka in Han Pijesak municipality.[2]
In his writings from 1664 Evliya_Çelebi mentions Han Pijesak as one of the biggest and most important rest stops (hans) on the caravan road from Sarajevo to Zvornik. During the Habsburg era, Han Pijesak begins to serve as an administrative center for the region.[3]
The summer residence of King Aleksandar I Karadjordjević was built in Han Pijesak in 1922. It was in possession of the royal family until the Second World War, when it began to serve as a military bunker. The renovation of the villa has started in 2023.[4] [5]
Aside from the town of Han Pijesak, the municipality consists of the following settlements:
| Population of settlements – Han Pijesak municipality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement | 1971. | 1981. | 1991. | 2013. | ||
| Total | 7,804 | 6,879 | 6,348 | 3,530 | ||
| 1 | Han Pijesak | 1,487 | 1,695 | 2,117 | 1,820 | |
| 2 | Japaga | 152 | 210 | |||
| 3 | Kraljevo Polje | 349 | 402 | |||
| 4 | Džimrije | 207 | 134 | |||
| 5 | Mrkalji | 141 | 109 | |||
| 6 | Nevačka | 334 | 109 | |||
| 7 | Kusače | 135 | 88 | |||
| 8 | Podžeplje | 319 | 89 | |||
| 9 | Gođenje | 580 | 78 | |||
| 10 | Kram | 102 | 62 | |||
| 11 | Malo Polje | 121 | 60 | |||
| 12 | Pjenovac | 128 | 54 | |||
| 13 | Stoborani | 247 | 47 | |||
| 14 | Rijeke | 130 | 37 | |||
| 15 | Jelovci | 76 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Ravanjsko | 57 | 33 | |||
| Ethnic composition – Han Pijesak town | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 1,820 (100,0%) | 2,117 (100,0%) | 1,695 (100,0%) | 1,487 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 1808 (99.3%) | 1,873 (88,47%) | 1,413 (83,36%) | 1,326 (89,17%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 0 (0%) | 148 (6,991%) | 82 (4,838%) | 108 (7,263%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 0 (0%) | 55 (2,598%) | 160 (9,440%) | 3 (0,202%) | |||
| Others | 8 (0.4%) | 38 (1,795%) | 9 (0,531%) | 6 (0,403%) | |||
| Croats | 4 (0.2%) | 3 (0,142%) | 3 (0,177%) | 4 (0,269%) | |||
| Montenegrins | 17 (1,003%) | 19 (1,278%) | |||||
| Albanians | 9 (0,531%) | 11 (0,740%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 2 (0,118%) | 6 (0,403%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 4 (0,269%) | ||||||
| Ethnic composition – Han Pijesak municipality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013. | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | ||||
| Total | 3,530 (100,0%) | 6,348 (100,0%) | 6,879 (100,0%) | 7,804 (100,0%) | |||
| Serbs | 3,068 (86,91%) | 3,674 (57,88%) | 3,927 (57,09%) | 4,790 (61,38%) | |||
| Bosniaks | 431 (12,21%) | 2,543 (40,06%) | 2,666 (38,76%) | 2,921 (37,43%) | |||
| Others | 24 (0,680%) | 56 (0,882%) | 18 (0,262%) | 11 (0,141%) | |||
| Croats | 7 (0,198%) | 7 (0,110%) | 9 (0,131%) | 16 (0,205%) | |||
| Yugoslavs | 68 (1,071%) | 222 (3,227%) | 7 (0,090%) | ||||
| Montenegrins | 24 (0,349%) | 28 (0,359%) | |||||
| Albanians | 9 (0,131%) | 19 (0,243%) | |||||
| Macedonians | 3 (0,044%) | 8 (0,103%) | |||||
| Slovenes | 1 (0,015%) | 4 (0,051%) | |||||
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):[6]
| Activity | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 437 | |
| Mining and quarrying | 1 | |
| Manufacturing | 100 | |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 15 | |
| Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 25 | |
| Construction | 16 | |
| Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 40 | |
| Transportation and storage | 32 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 21 | |
| Information and communication | 2 | |
| Financial and insurance activities | 6 | |
| Real estate activities | align="right" | - |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 3 | |
| Administrative and support service activities | 1 | |
| Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 105 | |
| Education | 37 | |
| Human health and social work activities | 28 | |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 14 | |
| Other service activities | 2 | |
| Total | 884 |