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Vitez (Витез) is a town and municipality located in the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 2013 census, the town has a population of 6,329 inhabitants, with 25,836 inhabitants in the municipality.
After several centuries under Ottoman rule, Vitez came under the control of Austria-Hungary following its occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, and later its Bosnian Crisis in 1908. During this time there were many changes in Bosnian society, both political and economical. For a short period they built many roads, railroads, and mines, mainly with the goal of exploiting Bosnian natural resources. At the place of an old Turkish wood plant, the Austrian entrepreneur Guido Rütgers built an enterprise for mechanical wood processing which was a milestone in the development of the urban area. In 1879, Vitez had 510 inhabitants. Other companies existed as well, but were all owned by foreigners.
| 1971 (municipality) | 41,33 | 49.42 | 7.28 | 0.86 | 1.11 | 20,628 | ||
| 1991 (town)Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991. | 36.20 | 36.20 | 10.29 | 13.01 | 3.72 | 7,200 | ||
| 1991 (municipality) | 41.32 | 45.49 | 5.38 | 4.94 | 2.87 | 27,859 | ||
| 2013 (municipality) Link text, additional text. | 40.69 | 55.54 | 1.28 | 25,836 |
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