Grude

Grude

Груде
Grude Груде
municipality
	UTC+2 (CEST)
Post code	88340
Area code	+387 (0)39
Patron saint	Saint Kate
Website	www.grude.info

Grude (Cyrillic: Груде, pronunciation^ⓘ) is a town and a municipality located in West Herzegovina Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Geography

Grude is located 49

Split

.

History

Pre-history and ancient times

Testimony about life in these regions are still present in prehistoric times. In place of Ravlić cave, which is located in Drinovci, were found traces of life dating from the later Neolithic period. The life in these regions has been flowing continuously - the peoples, cultures and civilizations have been changing. In later, but historical times, this soil had very living presence of the

Gorica

confirm that on this soil in ancient times there was a significant Roman settlement. Middle Ages is a time of tombstones - stećak and in municipality of Grude can be found practically everywhere - which proves that at that time was quite a big life. Undoubtedly it is a merit favorable geographical position of this region, as well as the relatively mild climate, together with rich natural resources. Rarely can see where this unusual combination of brutality and tameness of nature that we find in the region of Imotski-Bekija fields - arable land is relatively rich in water in contrast to the fierce and rocky, which is surrounded by.

Middle ages

The end of the Middle Ages was marked by the Ottoman expansion and conquest.

Modern times

After the Turks, Austria-Hungary arrived. This is a short transitional period in which were built numerous schools and infrastructure needed for the functioning of a modern European state, but this is somehow persistently ignored in the overall modernization. Like most of the West

Croatian Defense Council

(HVO) were founded in Grude. The Main HQ of the HVO was located in Grude.

Settlements

Blaževići
Borajna
Donji Mamići
Dragičina
Drinovačko Brdo
Drinovci
Gorica
Grude
Jabuka
Puteševica
Ružići
Sovići
Tihaljina

Demographics

1971

19,203 total

Croats - 19,111 (99.52%)
Serbs - 32 (0.16%)
Muslims
- 4 (0.03%)
Yugoslavs - 5 (0.02%)
others - 55 (0.30%)

1991

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Grude had a population of 16,358 residents:

16,210 Croats (99.09%)^[4]
9 Serbs (0.05%)
4 Muslims (0.02%)
5 Yugoslavs (0.03%)
130 others (0.79%)

The town of Grude had 3,528 residents^[when?]; almost all of whom were ethnic Croats.

2013

In the 2013 census, the municipality of Grude had a population of 17,308 residents:

17,263 Croats (99.74%)
9 Serbs (0.05%)
2 Bosniaks (0.01%)
34 others (0.2%)

Economy

During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grude was one of the bastions of the "rebellion" against the aggression of the Yugoslav Army. The late 1990s and early 2000s were marked by recent war and the struggle for survival, whereas today Grude is experiencing cultural and economic renaissance.

Traffic and road connections

Grude is placed on the crossroads of two big roads:

Split. Through Grude goes master road M-6 Grude - Ljubuški - Čapljina - Metković, and master road M-17.5 Posušje - Grude - Privalj - Široki Brijeg - Mostar

. Besides that there are also 2 regional roads:

R-421:

Klobuk