Ozalj

Ozalj
Grad Ozalj
Town of Ozalj
Ozalj Castle
Ozalj Castle
Official seal of Ozalj
Map
Map of Ozalj municipality within Karlovac County
Ozalj is located in Croatia
Ozalj
Ozalj
Location of Ozalj within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°36′46″N 15°28′40″E / 45.612908°N 15.477718°E / 45.612908; 15.477718
Country Croatia
County Karlovac County
Government
 • MayorGordana Lipšinić (Ind.)
Area
 • Town179.4 km2 (69.3 sq mi)
 • Urban
5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Town5,837
 • Density33/km2 (84/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,053
 • Urban density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Websiteozalj.hr

Ozalj (pronounced [ôzaʎ], Hungarian: Ozaly, German: Wosail[3] or Woseil[4]) is a town in central Croatia, located north of Karlovac and southwest of Jastrebarsko, on the Kupa River. It is close to Žumberak in the north and the border with Slovenia in the northwest, with Metlika being the closest Slovenian town.

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ Krapf, Franz Philipp. 1844. Handbuch zur Zoll- und Staats-Monopols-Ordnung, vol. 2. Innsbruch: Verlag der Wagner'schen Buchhandlung, p. 242.
  4. ^ Lopašić, Radoslav. 1894. Urbaria lingua croatica conscripta. Hrvatski urbari. Zagreb: U knjižari Jugosl. akademije, p. 308.