Bojnik (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојник) is a village and a municipality located in the Jablanica District of Serbia some 20 km west from Leskovac. According to 2011 census, the population of the village is 3,099, while population of the municipality was 11,073.
Much of the population settled in after World War 2 because on February 17, 1942, during WWII, Bulgarian Nazi forces in one day tortured and killed more than 500 citizens of Bojnik and Dragovac, most of them women, children and old people - altogether more than 50% of the population.[citation needed]
[edit] Geography
Bojnik municipality is located in southern Serbia and it is surrounded by municipality of Medveđa in the south-west, municipality of Lebane in the south, municipality of Leskovac in the east, and municipalities of Žitorađa and Prokuplje in the north.
[edit] Demographics
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Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
- Serbs = 11,668
- Roma = 1,363
- Montenegrins = 34
- Yugoslavs = 13
- others.
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