Svilaj

Svilaj
village
Church in Svilaj
Church in Svilaj
Map
CountryCroatia
CountyBrod-Posavina
Area
 • Total6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total216
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
35213 Oprisavci
Area code035

Svilaj is a settlement in the Croatian municipality of Oprisavci (Brod-Posavina County). According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants.[3] Svilaj's importance lies in the border checkpoint and a bridge over the nearby Sava river, which bears the internationally important freeway Pan-European Corridor Vc.[4]

  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. ^ "Population by sex and age, by settlements, census 2001 (Oprisavci)". Republic of Croatia Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  4. ^ "Otvoren granični prijelaz i most Svilaj, koji povezuje BiH i Hrvatsku" (in Bosnian). slobodnaevropa.org. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.