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Zagreb (/ ˈ z ɑː ɡ r ɛ b / ZAH-greb [7] Croatian: ⓘ [a]) [9] is the capital and largest city of Croatia. [10] It is in the north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain.
Berlin, the most populous city in the European Union. This is a list of the largest cities in the European Union according to the population within their city boundary.The cities listed all have populations over 300,000.
Zagreb is the largest city in Croatia and the only one whose metropolitan area exceeds one million people. The official population of the city of Zagreb is 790,017 according to the 2011 census. According to the same census, there are 1,088,841 people in the Zagreb metropolitan area including the towns of Samobor, Velika Gorica and Zaprešić.
As Zagreb, being the national capital, is the only Croatian city to enjoy a special status within Croatia's regional administrative framework (being both a city and a county), the mayor of Zagreb likewise also enjoys a status equal to that of a county prefect (Croatian: župan) of one of Croatia's other 20 counties (Croatian: županija).
During the 1920s Zagreb's population increased by 70 percent, the city's largest demographic boom. In 1926 Zagreb introduced the region's first radio station, and in 1947 the Zagreb Fair was the first in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. The area between the railway and the Sava saw considerable new construction after World War II.
Stadion Stanovi (English: Stanovi Stadium) is a football stadium in Zadar, Croatia. It serves as the home ground for football club HNK Zadar. The stadium has a capacity of 5,860, of which 2,860 are seated. In the current form, the stadium was completed for the 1979 Mediterranean Games held in Split. Due to new license conditions set by the ...
[61] [62] Eduardo da Silva, the team's top goalscorer during qualifying, sustained an injury while playing for his club, Arsenal, leading to a shake-up in the finals squad with less experienced players. [63] [64] Croatia finished group stage undefeated with a 1–0 win over co-hosts Austria, 2–1 win over Germany, and 1–0 win over Poland. [65]
More recently Ryanair announced it would return in April 2014, with the resumption of Basel–Dublin route as well as a short-lived revival of the Basel – London–Stansted route. Ryanair added a Basel-Zagreb route in December 2021. [14] In May 2008, Air Transat commenced seasonal service to Montreal.