{{Infobox settlement | name = Svilaj | official_name = | native_name = | settlement_type = village | image_skyline = Svilaj (crkva).jpg | image_caption = Church in Svilaj | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_shield = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Croatia | subdivision_type1 = County | subdivision_name1 = Brod-Posavina | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 6.6 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2021">{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2021 | population_total = 216 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_metro = | population_note = | timezone = CET | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset = +1 | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 35213 Oprisavci | area_code = 035 | website = | notes = }} '''Svilaj''' is a settlement in the Croatian municipality of Oprisavci (Brod-Posavina County). According to the 2001 census, the settlement has 290 inhabitants.<ref name=census>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==See also== *Donji Svilaj
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Category:Populated places in Brod-Posavina County Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border crossings