Popovac | |
Native Name: | Поповац |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Subdivision Type1: | Entity |
Subdivision Name1: | Republika Srpska |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Čelinac |
Coordinates: | 44.6786°N 17.2822°W |
Area Code: | +387 (051) |
Population Total: | 306 |
Population As Of: | 1991 |
Timezone: | Central European |
Popovac (Serbian: Поповац) is a settlement in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska entity, Čelinac Municipality. In 1991, the village had 306 inhabitants.[1]
Popovac is birthplace of Radoslav Brđanin, a convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal. In 2004 he was sentenced to 32 years imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for crimes committed during the Bosnian War. The sentence, which he is serving in Denmark, was reduced by two years on appeal in 2008.
Census Year | 1991. | 1981. | 1971. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Serbs | 303 (99.02%) | 443 (98.88%) | 594 (99.83%) | |
Croats | – | – | 1 (0.168%) | |
Bosniaks | – | 1 (0.223%) | – | |
Yugoslavs | 1 (0.327%) | 1 (0.223%) | – | |
Other and unknown | 2 (0.654%) | 3 (0.670%) | – | |
Total | 306 | 448 | 595 |