Livno

Livno
Ливно

Town and municipality

Flag

Coat of arms

Map of the Town of Livno

Livno

Location of Livno in BiH

Coordinates: 43°49′31″N 17°00′21″E / 43.82528°N 17.00583°ECoordinates: 43°49′31″N 17°00′21″E / 43.82528°N 17.00583°E

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Canton

Canton 10

First mentioning

28 September 892 CE

Government

• Mayor

Luka Čelan (HDZ BiH)

Area

• Municipality

994 km² (384 sq mi)

Elevation

724 m (2,375 ft)

Population (2013)

• Total

37,487

• Density

38/km² (100/sq mi)

• Town

9,045

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

80101

Area code

Website

livno.ba

Year	Croats	%	Bosniaks	%	Serbs	%	others	%	Total	±%	Ref.
1879	1,425	31	2,394	52	778	17	0	0	4,597	—	1879 Glavni pregled političkoga razdielenja Bosne i Hercegovine
1948	29,647	80.86	−	−	4,452	12.14	2,565	7.00	36,664	—
1953	30,603	78.98	−	−	5,204	13.43	2,942	7.59	38,749	+5.7%
1961	31,133	77.27	2,068	5.13	5,503	13.66	1,587	3.94	40,291	+4.0%
1971	31,567	74.83	5,087	12.06	4,791	11.36	741	1.76	42,186	+4.7%
1981	28,918	71.51	4,418	10.93	3,898	9.64	3,204	7.92	40,438	−4.1%
1991	29,324	72.23	5,793	14.27	3,913	9.64	1,570	3.87	40,600	+0.4%
2013	29,273	85.76	4,047	11.86	438	1.28	375	1.09	34,133	−15.9%

Livno (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [lǐːʋno]) is a town and municipality in the west of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Situated on the river Bistrica in the southeastern edge of the Livno Field at the foot of Krug mountain and rocky hill Crvenice, it is the centre of the Canton 10 which mainly covers an area of the historical and geographical region of Tropolje.

The town, with the remains of the antique architecture and the old town from the 9th century, first mentioned in 892, developed at the crossroads of roads between the Adriatic coast and inland, i.e., regions of Bosnia, Dalmatia, Herzegovina and Krajina.

The plains of Livno have been populated since approximately 2000 BC. In the late Bronze Age, the Neolithic population was replaced by more Indo-European tribes known as the Illyrians. The region was inhabited by Illyrian tribe of Dalmatae which capital was Delminium in today's Tomislavgrad. They left remains that testify about their presence in this area. The most important of them are the gradine, remains of Illyrian settlements which were distributed along the Livno Field. The three most important are Velika gradina, Mala gradina and Kasalov gradac.

After the Roman conquest of the area, it was part of the province of Dalmatia. During the twenties of the first century AD, Roman government built a road connecting Salona, a city on the coast with Servitium, a city at the peripanonic lowlands. Its route passed through the Livno Field where two road stations have been established. The station of Pelva was located at the area of village Lištani and in the area of Livno station Bariduo was based.

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