Svilaj is a settlement in the
Croatia
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n municipality of
Oprisavci
Oprisavci is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia.
Demographics
In 2021, the municipality had 1,968 residents in the following 8 settlements:
* Novi Grad, population 230
*Oprisavci, population 715
* Poljanci, population 2 ...
(
Brod-Posavina County
Brod-Posavina County () 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 towns include Nova Gradiška.
Geograp ...
). According to the
2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants.
Svilaj's importance lies in the
border checkpoint
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and a bridge over the nearby
Sava
The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reac ...
river, which bears the internationally important freeway
Pan-European
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* Pan-European identity
* Pan-European corridors
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** Pan-European Corridor Xa
* Pan European Game Information
* Pan-European Institute
* Pan-European nationalism
* Pan-European Oil Pipeline
* ...
Corridor Vc
European route E73 forms part of the United Nations International E-road network, connecting Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea in the vicinity of the port of Ploče. This route is also designated as the P ...
.
See also
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Donji Svilaj
Donji Svilaj ( sr-cyrl, Доњи Свилај) is a village in the Odžak municipality, Posavina Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Demographics
According to the 1991 census
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. ...
References
External links
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Populated places in Brod-Posavina County
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border crossings