Nova Kapela is a settlement

Naselje

Naselje is a settlement in Croatia, usually translated as settlement. It is the smallest unit of Croatian territory. Individual settlements are by and large referred to as selo , while naselje is a statistical and administrative category. The units of local government in Croatia, cities and...

  within the Dubrava municipality

Municipalities of Croatia

A Municipality in Croatia is known as an općina . Though equal to Croatian Grads in administrative powers, they are usually more likely to consists of a collection of villages in more rural or suburban area, whereas Grads are more likely to cover urban area...

  of Zagreb County

Zagreb County

Zagreb County is a county in central Croatia. It surrounds – but does not contain – the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, it is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring"...

 in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. According to the 2001 census, it has 279 inhabitants. It is thus the second-most populous settlement in its municipality, right after Dubrava, the eponymous one. The place is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Dubrava settlement and a 60 km (37.3 mi) from Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, the Croatian capital. The main road leading through the settlement is the county route Ž3042. The association football team Croatia plays in Nova Kapela. The alignment of the planned extension of the B28

B28 (Croatia)

D28 is a state road in the central Croatia connecting the D5 in Veliki Zdenci to the A4 motorway in Sveta Helena interchange near Vrbovec. The road is long....

 expressway into A13

A13 (Croatia)

The A13 motorway is a planned motorway, expected to be built in the central Croatia northeast from Vrbovec, extending towards the cities of Bjelovar and Virovitica. At present, only the Vrbovec 2 interchange, the starting terminus of the A13 has been completed...

highway passes north of Nova Kapela. Prior to the 1991 Yugoslav wars the name of the town was Srpska Kapela.