Grude

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Grude
Location of Grude within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Grude Location of Grude
Coordinates: 43°49′N 17°27′E / 43.817, 17.45
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Government
- Municipality president	Mate Šimunović (HDZ)
Population (1991 census)
- Total	15,976
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	+387 39
Website: http://www.grude.ba

Grude is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the region of Herzegovina.

Grude was the birthplace of Andrijica Šimić, the hajduk and Antun Branko Šimić, the poet.

[edit] Population/Demographics

[edit] 1971

19.203 total

• Croats - 19.111 (99,52%)
• Serbs - 32 (0,16%)
• Yugoslavs - 5 (0,02%)
• others - 55 (0,30%)

[edit] 1991

In the 1991 census, the municipality of Grude had a population of 15,976 residents, of which there were 15,939 Croats (99.77%), 8 Serbs (0.05%), 4 Bosniaks (0.03%), 4 Yugoslavs (0.03%), and 21 others (0.13%). The town of Grude had 3,528 residents: nearly 100% being Croats.

[edit] Sports

The town is home to the football club NK Grude. NK Drinovci is also based nearby in the town of Drinovci (located in the same municipality). De Boules clubs Grude, Sv. Stipan, Sovići. Grude was host for De Boules World Cup 2007.

[edit] Communications

The radio station Radio Grude is broadcasted from the town.

Info website grude-online

[edit] External links

Official site

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Coordinates: 43°49′N, 17°27′E