Svilaj
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Svilaj is a settlement in the Croatia
n municipality of Oprisavci
(Brod–Posavina County). According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants. Svilaj's importance lies in the planned border checkpoint
and a bridge over the nearby Sava River
, which will bear the internationally important freeway Pan-European
Corridor Vc
.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n municipality of Oprisavci
Oprisavci
Oprisavci is a village and municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. There are 2,942 inhabitants in which 98% declare themselves Croats , although many of the village inhabitants are of Carpatho Rusyn Ukrainian descent and a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church still stands in the...
(Brod–Posavina County). According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants. Svilaj's importance lies in the planned border checkpoint
Border checkpoint
A border checkpoint is a place, generally between two countries, where travellers and/or goods are inspected. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-controlled borders often have a limited number of checkpoints where they can be crossed without legal...
and a bridge over the nearby Sava River
Sava River
The Sava is a river in Southeast Europe, a right side tributary of the Danube river at Belgrade. Counting from Zelenci, the source of Sava Dolinka, it is long and drains of surface area. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia, along the northern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and through Serbia....
, which will bear the internationally important freeway Pan-European
Pan-European corridors
The ten Pan-European transport corridors were defined at the second Pan-European transport Conference in Crete, March 1994, as routes in Central and Eastern Europe that required major investment over the next ten to fifteen years. Additions were made at the third conference in Helsinki in 1997...
Corridor Vc
Corridor Vc
The European route E 73 is a Class-A north-south European route that connects the central part of the continent, specifically Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea in the area of the port of Ploče. This route is also designated as the Pan-European Corridor...
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