It is in the municipality of Čitluk in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Čerin was first time mentioned on the July 16th 1397. in the files of Republic of Ragusa.

The village has traditionally been the center of Upper Brotnjo (ex municipality).

The village was home to the Church of St. Stephen, which was toppled by the Ottoman Empire in 1668 but now it is renewed.

In 1938, HKD Napredak opened a branch office in Čerin.