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.
Population- Republika Hrvatska - Državni zavod za statistiku: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001. 1857 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 350 447 271 392 519 531 541 627 366 375 287 229 170 125 34 47
1991 census
According to the 1991 census, settlement of Brotnja had 125 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as following:
Brotnja 1991
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 language Croatian or SerbianBrotnja331Suvajska Joševica92Suvajski Ponorac85Zaglavci23Total531 (100%)
Population by religion Eastern Orthodox Roman CatholicsBrotnja27754Suvajska Joševica92-Suvajski Ponorac85-Zaglavci23-Total477 (89.83%)54 (10.16%)
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., , ;
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