Brotnja


Brotnja is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D218 highway.

History

During the Second World War, on 27 July 1941, Serb Communist insurgents and Chetniks attacked the village and committed a massacre of Croat civilians known as the Brotnja massacre.
On 27 March 2022 at 14:54 the ŽVOC Zadar received a call about a wildfire in the area. burned by the time it was put out at 17:00 by IVP Zadar.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Brotnja had 47 inhabitants.

1991 census

According to the 1991 census, settlement of Brotnja had 125 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as following:

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Brotnja had 531 inhabitants in 4 hamlets, which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:
Population by languageCroatian or Serbian
Brotnja331
Suvajska Joševica92
Suvajski Ponorac85
Zaglavci23
Total531

Population by religionEastern OrthodoxRoman Catholics
Brotnja27754
Suvajska Joševica92-
Suvajski Ponorac85-
Zaglavci23-
Total477 54

Literature

  • Savezni zavod za statistiku i evidenciju FNRJ i SFRJ, popis stanovništva 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. i 1991. godine.
  • Knjiga: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880-1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998.,, ;