Zagreb

Zagreb, the capital of Hrvatska,¹ is located along the north bank of the Sava River² and south of Medvednica Mountain. It has a metropolitan population around 1.107 to 1.244 million³ and a municipal population of 803 thousand (688 thousand with outliers subtracted).⁴ The city grew significant in the first half of the 20th century. The tallest secular building as of early fall 2018 is Euro Tower I (318 feet, 2006). Taller is the Zagrebačka Katedrala, a Roman Catholic cathedral (345 feet, 1906).⁵ The metropolis is served by the Franjo Tudman Airport, the nation's busiest,⁶ in nearby Velika Gorica (municipal population 65 thousand or, with outliers excluded, 32 thousand.⁴)

Historical map

External references

overview of Zagreb with the Zagrebačka Katedrala prominent, Hrvatska

Footnotes

1. Croatia in English.
2. The Sava flows into the Dunav (Danube in English). The Duvav flows to the Black Sea, which is connected to and considered an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
3. ESPON functional area figure for 2006 and Eurostat Metropolitan Region figure for 2017, both from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Europe, accessed September 8, 2018.
4. 2011 figures from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Croatia, accessed September 8, 2018.
5. Emporis.com, accessed October 25, 2018. The chimneys of the Savica and Trešnjevka power stations are taller at 663 and 656 feet, respectively, as is the Zagreb TV-Tower (554 feet, 1973).
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Croatia, accessed September 10, 2018, 2016 column of passenger traffic table. The Zagreb-serving airport is the only one in Hrvatska with greater than one million passengers.