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Radišići

village in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ3040866 ↗
Source-derived summary

Radišići (Serbian: Радишићи) is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Ljubuški municipality of West Herzegovina Canton. According to 2013 census, it has 2,363 inhabitants, predominantly Croats (99,45%).

The first mention of the toponym Radišići dates back to 1585.

Radišići is among the biggest villages in Western Herzegowina, located between Ljubuški and Proboj, as a part of Zabiokovlje. Village belongs to Trebižat drainage basin.

Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 2,363.

Literature

Šarac, Petar, Šarac, Stanko: Radišići u riječi i slici, Zagreb, 2011, ISBN 978-953-56707-0-4.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Radišići” as village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Radišići, village and Bosnia.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 1585, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Radišići, village and Bosnia providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Radišići”, the useful work is to connect “village in Bosnia and Herzegovina” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3040866. Authority coordinates are 43.222, 17.543. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013, 1585 and 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Radišići”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Radišići primary sources, Radišići archive and Radišići research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Radišići”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Radišići” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.