Brezovica, Zagreb

Coordinates: 45°43′27″N 15°54′28″E / 45.7242°N 15.9077°E / 45.7242; 15.9077
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Brezovica
City District
Brezovica castle view
Brezovica castle view
Brezovica as a part of Zagreb
Brezovica as a part of Zagreb
Brezovica is located in Croatia
Brezovica
Brezovica
Coordinates: 45°43′27″N 15°54′28″E / 45.7242°N 15.9077°E / 45.7242; 15.9077
Country Croatia
CountyCity of Zagreb
Area
 • Total1.7 sq mi (4.5 km2)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total642
 • Density370/sq mi (140/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Brezovica (Croatian pronunciation: [brêzoʋit͡sa]) is a city district and a settlement part of Zagreb, Croatia, located in the southwestern part of the city.

Demographics[edit]

The district had a total population of 12,030 inhabitants, while the settlement itself has a population of 642 according to the 2021 census[2] while it had 594 (as of 2011).[3][4]

It is one of the more rural districts in Zagreb. The A1 highway passes through Brezovica, although it has no exits there.

Of note is Dvorac Brezovica, an eighteenth-century chateau now owned by the Zagreb Archdiocese. Dvorac Brezovica (castle) has been abandoned for several years and the building and its surroundings have fallen into disrepair.

List of neighborhoods in Brezovica[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Districts of City of Zagreb, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: City of Zagreb". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.