Slavonski Brod, Croatia

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short_description: "European Regional Market — Timișoara (Romania) metropolitan reference point, 255.8 km; 1 Regional-tier and 1 District-tier co-location cluster."
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Slavonski Brod is a river port city in eastern Croatia's Brod-Posavina County. It combines a
Regional-tier cluster — Kaufland paired with Pevex and Hervis — and a District-tier cluster —
Interspar paired with Pevex. Timișoara, Romania, sits 255.8 kilometres away by straight-line
distance, the longest metropolitan reference among Croatia's nine current entries. The market
carries European Regional Market classification under the co-location screening framework's
composition gate.

## Overview

Slavonski Brod recorded 49,891 residents at the 2021 census, on the Sava River. <!--
wikipedia-sourced: population/description --> The settlement traces back to Roman-era Marsonia
and was first documented under its medieval name in 1224. It developed as a fortified river town
during the Austro-Hungarian period, and its Vauban-style Brod Fortress was built to counter
Ottoman forces across the river. The city's economy today centres on agriculture and metal
manufacturing, including the Đuro Đaković industrial group.

## Anchor Composition

The Regional-tier cluster spans 1.7 kilometres and combines Kaufland (hypermarket, comparable to
Walmart or Kroger) with Pevex (hardware, comparable to Home Depot or Lowe's) and Hervis (sport).
The District-tier cluster, under a kilometre away, pairs Interspar with Pevex.

Both clusters draw on the same civic anchors: the Brod Health Centre and a Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering materials-testing laboratory, a satellite facility rather than a full university
campus.

## Regional Market Standing

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan reference point | Timișoara, Romania |
| Distance (straight-line) | 255.8 km |
| Co-location clusters | 1 Regional-tier, 1 District-tier |
| Catchment population | Not yet computed for this cluster |

The distance above is a straight-line (crow-flies) measurement to the nearest major metropolitan
reference point, not a drive-time or commuting estimate. Its metropolitan reference point is
notable among Croatia's nine entries for both crossing an international border and being the
longest of the set — a real, disclosed feature of the framework's continental reference-point set,
not an editorial choice. Catchment population has not yet been computed for Slavonski Brod's
clusters in the current dataset build; Croatia is one of six European countries without this
figure in the 2026-08-07 release, alongside Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Romania, and Sweden. See
[[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]] for the full Top 400 set and
[[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]] for how markets qualify.

## AEC Data

Cluster-level climate, seismic, and wildfire-hazard data has not yet been computed for either of
Slavonski Brod's clusters in the current GIS dataset build. This section will populate once that
coverage extends here; see [[gis-data-overview|GIS Data Overview]] for the AEC data pipeline.

## See Also

- [[atlas-croatia|Croatia Regional Market Index]]
- [[atlas-top-400-europe|Top 400 Regional Markets — Europe]]
- [[about-regional-markets-system|Regional Markets Intelligence System]]
- [[co-location-methodology|Co-location Methodology]]

## References

- [Slavonski Brod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavonski_Brod) — Wikipedia, accessed 2026-08-25

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