Slobodnica

Slobodnica
Slobodnica
	village
	Slobodnica Location of Slobodnica in Croatia
	Coordinates: 45°09′N17°55′E / 45.150°N 17.917°E Coordinates: 45°09′N17°55′E / 45.150°N 17.917°E
Country	Croatia
County	Brod-Posavina
Population (2001)
• Total	1,592
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	35252 Sibinj
Area code(s)	35

Last updated February 22, 2019

Slobodnica is a village in the municipality of Sibinj of the Brod-Posavina County. The village is adjacent to the western borders of the city of Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.

Sibinj is a village and municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia part of Slavonski Brod built-up area. There are 6,895 inhabitants; a majority are Croats according to the 2011 census.

Brod-Posavina County is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name Posavina. Other notable towns include Nova Gradiška.

Demographics

According to the 2001 national census, Slobodnica has a total population of 1,592 and a density of 87 inhabitants per square kilometer. The largest age group are young people aged 5-44.

The village is predominantly Roman Catholic and 97% of its population are Croats.

Infrastructure and Economy

Slobodnica has an advantageous geographical position.

Traffic-wise the most significant part of Slobodnica is the Pan-European_Corridor_X on which highway A3 Zagreb - Lipovac is located. The Slavonski Brod zapad traffic junction is located in Slobodnica.

The Corridor X is one of the pan-European corridors. It runs between Salzburg in Austria and Thessaloniki in Greece. The corridor passes through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, and Greece. It has four branches: Xa, Xb, Xc, and Xd.

The A3 motorway is a major motorway in Croatia spanning 306.5 kilometres (190.5 mi). The motorway connects Zagreb, the nation's capital, to the Slavonia region and a number of cities along the Sava River. It represents a major east–west transportation corridor in Croatia and a significant part of the Pan-European Corridor X, serving as a transit route between the European Union states and the Balkans. Apart from Zagreb, where the A3 motorway comprises a considerable part of the Zagreb bypass, the motorway runs near a number of significant Croatian cities. The motorway has a positive economic impact on the cities and towns it connects, and is an important route within Croatia.

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level. The estimated population of the city in 2018 is 810,003. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is about 1.1 million, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia.

The two-tracked Zagreb-Tovarnik railway is located on the route as well.

Slobodnica is also the location of The Police Station of Slavonski Brod. ^[1]

Slavonski Brod, commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a city in eastern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of Slavonia and Posavina, Slavonski Brod was the 7th largest city in the country, with a population of 59,000 at the 2011 census. it is the centre of Brod-Posavina County and a major river port on the Sava river.

The tertiary sector of the economy is the most immanent source of income for the inhabitants of Slobodnica, including catering, trade, transportation and tourism. Agriculture (Primary sector has also some importance.

The tertiary sector or service sector is the third of the three economic sectors of the three-sector theory. The others are the secondary sector, and the primary sector.

An industry involved in the extraction and collection of natural resources, such as copper and timber, as well as by activities such as farming and fishing. A company in a primary industry can also be involved in turning natural resources into products. Primary industries are also known as agriculture sector. Primary industry tends to make up a larger portion of the economy of developing countries than they do for developed countries. The primary sector is concerned with the extraction of raw materials. It includes fishing, farming and mining.

The completion of the Industrial Zone Slobodnica is expected by the end of 2010. ^[2]^{[ needs update ]}

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References

↑ Prostorni plan uređenja Općine Sibinj, Zavod za prostorno planiranje, Osijek, 2003.
↑ Feldbauer, B. (2005), Leksikon naselja Hrvatske, Zagreb: Mozaik Knjiga

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[1] Prostorni plan uređenja Općine Sibinj, Zavod za prostorno planiranje, Osijek, 2003.

[2] Feldbauer, B. (2005), Leksikon naselja Hrvatske, Zagreb: Mozaik Knjiga

Slobodnica
village

Slobodnica Location of Slobodnica in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°09′N17°55′E / 45.150°N 17.917°E / 45.150; 17.917 Coordinates: 45°09′N17°55′E / 45.150°N 17.917°E / 45.150; 17.917
Country	Croatia
County	Brod-Posavina
Population (2001)
• Total	1,592
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	35252 Sibinj
Area code(s)	35

Slobodnica

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Demographics

Infrastructure and Economy

Related Research Articles

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