Ravno Равно
Village and municipality
Ravno
Coat of arms
Location of Ravno within Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Coordinates: 42°53′N 17°58′E / 42.883°N 17.967°E / 42.883; 17.967
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Entity	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton	Herzegovina-Neretva
Geographical region	Herzegovina
Government
• Municipal mayor	Andrija Šimunović (HDZ BiH)
Area
• Municipality	286 km² (110 sq mi)
Population (2013 census)
• Municipality	3,328
• Density	116/km² (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+387 36

Ravno (Serbian Cyrillic: Равно) is a village and municipality located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ravno was a separate municipality until 1963, when it became a part of the Trebinje municipality. In 1994, the border changed and Ravno became a separate municipality again. This time however, part of the frontier lands of Trebinje municipality were added as part of Ravno. When Ravno inherited part of the former Trebinje municipality it had an area of 447 km² (173 sq mi). These added borderlands went under the title Travunian Marches (Trebinjska Krajina) and were mostly inhabited by Serbs. The settlement of Ivanica has an unobstructed view of the Adriatic Sea.

Demographics

Population

Population of settlements – Ravno Municipality
	Settlement	1961.	1971.	1981.	1991.	2013.
	Total	1,771			1,503	3,328
1	Ivanica				166	139
2	Ravno		549	364	198	597
3	Trebimlja				272	704
4	Trnčina				123	265
5	Velja Međa				77	203

Ethnic composition

Ethnic composition – Ravno
	2013.	1991.	1981.	1971.
Total	597 (100,0%)	198 (100,0%)	364 (100,0%)	549 (100,0%)
Croats	584 (97,82%)	173 (87,37%)	306 (84,07%)	472 (85,97%)
Serbs	10 (1,675%)	16 (8,081%)	41 (11,26%)	72 (13,11%)
Others	3 (0,503%)	3 (1,515%)	3 (0,824%)
Yugoslavs		5 (2,525%)	12 (3,297%)
Bosniaks		1 (0,505%)	2 (0,549%)	1 (0,182%)
Montenegrins				4 (0,729%)

Ethnic composition – Ravno Municipality
	2013.	1991.
Total	3,328 (100,0%)	1,503 (100,0%)
Croats	2,633 (81,80%)	776 (51,63%)
Serbs	558 (17,33%)	678 (45,11%)
Bosniaks	20 (0,621%)	21 (1,397%)
Others	8 (0,249%)	13 (0,865%)
Yugoslavs		15 (0,998%)

Settlements

Baljivac, Belenići, Bobovišta, Cicrina, Čavaš, Čopice, Čvaljina, Dvrsnica, Glavska, Golubinac, Gorogaše, Grebci, Ivanica, Kalađurđevići, Kijev Do, Kutina, Nenovići, Nevada, Orahov Do, Podosoje, Požarno, Prosjek, Ravno, Rupni Do, Slavogostići, Slivnica Bobani, Slivnica Površ, Sparožići, Šćenica Bobani, Trebimlja, Trnčina, Uskoplje, Velja Međa, Vlaka, Vukovići, Začula, Zagradinje, Zaplanik and Zavala, and parts of settlements: Baonine, Orašje Popovo and Rapti Bobani.

Ravno during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ravno was first attacked in early October 1991 by JNA forces, which levelled the village on the way to attack Dubrovnik in the Croatian War of Independence, 24 people from the village were killed during the attack.^[1]

Ravno again suffered heavy damage during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, when the majority of villages were destroyed. The area around Ravno was used as a corridor from where Dubrovnik county in Croatia was continuously attacked.