Svilaj

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| name = Svilaj

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| settlement_type = village

| image_skyline = Svilaj (crkva).jpg

| image_caption = Church in Svilaj

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Croatia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Brod-Posavina

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| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 6.6

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| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 216

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 35213 Oprisavci

| area_code = 035

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Svilaj is a settlement in the Croatian municipality of Oprisavci (Brod-Posavina County). According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants.{{cite web |url=https://web.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/Census2001/Popis/E01_01_01/e01_01_01_zup12-3034.html |title=Population by sex and age, by settlements, census 2001 (Oprisavci) |work=Republic of Croatia Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=2009-04-12}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/bih-hrvatska-most-svilaj/31485855.html|title=Otvoren granični prijelaz i most Svilaj, koji povezuje BiH i Hrvatsku|date=30 September 2021|access-date=30 September 2021|language=bs|publisher=slobodnaevropa.org}}

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