Kozice, Stolac

For other uses, see Kozice.

Kozice (Serbian Cyrillic: Козице) is a village in the municipality of Stolac in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 126 people.

Kozice Козице
Kozice
Coordinates: 43°08′23″N 17°54′43″E
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Herzegovina-Neretva
Municipality	Stolac
Area
• Total	1.60 sq mi (4.15 km2)
Population  (2013)
• Total	145
• Density	90/sq mi (35/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

On June 26/27, 1941, the Ustaše drove away 130 Serbs from the Šakota, Šotra, Ćorluka and Krulj families from the villages of Trijebanj and Kozice.^[1] 110 of them were killed, at Domanović, Bivolja Brda, Pileti and near Kukauš, and those who escaped death were those listed in a proclamation of general Lakse.^[1] 70 more locals were killed by the Ustaše on June 29/30.^[1]

Demographics

1991

According to the 1991 census the village had a population of 126 people.

• 120 Serbs (95.24%)
• 5 Croats (3.97%)
• 1 other (0.79%)

According to the 2013 census, its population was 145.^[2]

Ethnicity in 2013

Ethnicity	Number	Percentage
Croats	109	75.2%
Serbs	36	24.8%
Total	145	100%

People

• Zdravko Šotra (born 1933), Serbian and former Yugoslav film and television director