Continental Croatia () was one of the two
NUTS-2 Regions of
Croatia
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between 2013 and 2021.
[https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/7451602/NUTS2-changes-2016-to-2021.pdf ] The region formed the continental part of the country. The most populated cities in the region were
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...
,
Osijek,
Slavonski Brod
Slavonski Brod (), commonly shortened to simply Brod, is a city in eastern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Being one of the principal cities in the historical regions of Slavonia and Posavina, Slavonski Brod was the 7th large ...
,
Karlovac,
Sisak and
Varaždin
)
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. It accounted for 56% of the country's territory and 67% of the population.
The existence of this large region that included the capital city of Zagreb was controversial in Croatia at the time, with public complaints on how it enabled an unjust distribution of
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
funding.
In 2021, it was replaced with three NUTS-2 regions:
City of Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...
,
Northern Croatia
Northern Croatia or North Croatia ( hr, Sjeverna Hrvatska, ) refers to the northern parts of Croatia, encompassing Zagreb, Varaždin, Međimurje, Zagorje and Koprivnica-Križevci counties, including the cities of Zagreb, Varaždin, Čakovec, ...
and
Pannonian Croatia.
See also
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NUTS statistical regions of Croatia
Croatia (HR) is included in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) of the European Union. The NUTS of Croatia were defined during the Accession of Croatia to the European Union, codified by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics ...
References
External links
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Subdivisions of Croatia
NUTS 2 statistical regions of Croatia
NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union
Croatia
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