Zapruđe is a neighbourhood in
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
, in the
Novi Zagreb East District just south of
Sava River
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near the
Youth Bridge. The Zapruđe local committee had a population of 6,184 at the
2011 census.
As of 2012, the district consists mostly of residential
high-rises, but it also has several
chain store
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s, a butcher, a post office, a bank, a school, a
kindergarten
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, a library, a
community hall
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, a
health center
A healthcare center, health center, or community health center is one of a network of clinics staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses providing healthcare services to people in a certain area. Typical services covered are family pr ...
, and a pharmacy.
It has its own festivals and traditions, such as the Zapruđe Festival, and a soccer team, NK Zapruđe.
The neighborhood can be accessed via the
Zagreb Tramway routes 6, 7, 8, and 14, and bus routes 109, 219, 220, 222, 229, and the Pleso Prijevoz airport shuttle.
Borders:
*North: Damir Tomljanović Street
*South: Dubrovnik Avenue
*West: Savezna Republika Njemačka Street
*East: Sarajevska Road
History
Mayor
Većeslav Holjevac held office from 1952 to 1963, during which a bridge was constructed over the Sava River and the city expanded southward to New Zagreb. Following the construction of the 1960
Liberty Bridge, the district's population rapidly grew in the following couple of decades.
References
External links
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Neighbourhoods of Zagreb
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