Svilaj is a settlement in the

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n municipality of

Oprisavci Oprisavci is a village and municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. There are 2,508 inhabitants in which 98% declare themselves Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, c ...

(

Brod-Posavina County Brod-Posavina County ( hr, Brodsko-posavska županija) is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name '' Posavina''. Other notable town ...

). According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants. Svilaj's importance lies in the

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and a bridge over the nearby

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river, which bears the internationally important freeway

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* {{BrodPosavina-geo-stub Populated places in Brod-Posavina County Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border crossings

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