Postal codes in Croatia

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Postal code scheme in Croatia is based on the country's subdivision into counties. Zagreb City and Zagreb County share the 10xxx range. Counties of Croatia.svg
Postal code scheme in Croatia is based on the country's subdivision into counties. Zagreb City and Zagreb County share the 10xxx range.

Postal codes in Croatia are 5 digit numeric. There are 20 two digit zones defined. Zagreb City and Zagreb County have one, each other first level administrative country subdivision, i.e. one of the counties of Croatia, has its own range.

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From the 10 possible 1 digit ranges only 5 are assigned:

In the range 1xxxx only one two digit range namely 10xxx is assigned, the maximum of subranges exists is in the 4xxxx range with 7 ranges.

RangeLocation
10xxx City of Zagreb and Zagreb County
20xxx Dubrovnik-Neretva County
21xxx Split-Dalmatia County
22xxx Šibenik-Knin County
23xxx Zadar County
31xxx Osijek-Baranja County
32xxx Vukovar-Srijem County
33xxx Virovitica-Podravina County
34xxx Požega-Slavonia County
35xxx Brod-Posavina County
40xxx Međimurje County
42xxx Varaždin County
43xxx Bjelovar-Bilogora County
44xxx Sisak-Moslavina County
47xxx Karlovac County
48xxx Koprivnica-Križevci County
49xxx Krapina-Zagorje County
51xxx Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
52xxx Istria County
53xxx Lika-Senj County
2-digit postcode areas Croatia (defined through the first two postcode digits) 2 digit postcode croatia.png
2-digit postcode areas Croatia (defined through the first two postcode digits)

Three cities have a postal code with 4 zeros: 10000 Zagreb, 20000 Dubrovnik, 40000 Čakovec.

RangeCityCounty
10000 Zagreb Zagreb County
20000 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik–Neretva County
21000 Split Split-Dalmatia County
22000 Šibenik Šibenik-Knin County
23000 Zadar Zadar County
31000 Osijek Osijek-Baranja County
32000 Vukovar Vukovar-Syrmia County
33000 Virovitica Virovitica–Podravina County
34000 Požega Požega-Slavonia County
35000 Slavonski Brod Brod–Posavina County
40000 Čakovec Međimurje County
42000 Varaždin Varaždin County
43000 Bjelovar Bjelovar–Bilogora County
44000 Sisak Sisak–Moslavina County
47000 Karlovac Karlovac County
48000 Koprivnica Koprivnica-Križevci County
49000 Krapina Krapina-Zagorje County
51000 Rijeka Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
52000 Pazin Istria County
53000 Gospić Lika-Senj County

Old system

After independence, Croatia went on to use the 5 digit numeric postal codes once assigned to the Socialist Republic of Croatia (within SFR Yugoslavia). The system had assigned the ranges 4xxxx and 5xxxx to the republic.

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