Vrpolje is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County

Brod-Posavina County

Brod-Posavina County is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name Posavina...

, 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 ...

. It is located 10 km south of Đakovo; elevation 90 m. The population of the village is 2,110, while the total municipality population is 4,023. Chief occupations are farming and livestock breeding. Vrpolje is located at the intersection of the state road D7

D7 (Croatia)

D7 is a state road connecting Beli Manastir, Osijek, Čepin and Đakovo to Slavonski Šamac border crossing to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to Duboševica border crossing to Hungary...

 Slavonski Šamac

Slavonski Šamac

Slavonski Šamac is a village and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. The town is located in Brod-Posavina county in the region of Slavonia. The population of Slavonski Šamac itself is 1,256 ; the municipality, which includes the village of Kruševica, has a total population of 2,649.On the opposite...

 - Đakovo - Osijek

Osijek

Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...

 and the regional roads to Strizivojna

Strizivojna

Strizivojna is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia, located between Vrpolje and Stari Mikanovci. There are 2,515 inhabitants, absolute majority of whom are Croats....

 and Čajkovci, as well as on the railway junction of railroads 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...

 - Slavonski Brod

Slavonski Brod

Slavonski Brod is a city in Croatia, with a population of 59,507 in 2011. The city was known as Marsonia in the Roman Empire, and as Brod na Savi 1244–1934. It is the sixth largest city in Croatia, after Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Zadar. Located in the region of Slavonia, it is the...

 - Vinkovci

Vinkovci

Vinkovci is a city in Croatia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County. In the 2011 census, the total population of the city was 35,375, making it the largest town of the county...

 (part of Pan-European Corridor X) and Beli Manastir

Beli Manastir

Beli Manastir is a town and municipality in eastern Croatia, the principal town of the Croatian part of Baranja, in the Osijek-Baranja county.-Name:...

 - Osijek

Osijek

Osijek is the fourth largest city in Croatia with a population of 83,496 in 2011. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja county...

 - Đakovo - Slavonski Šamac

Slavonski Šamac

Slavonski Šamac is a village and a port on the river Sava in Croatia. The town is located in Brod-Posavina county in the region of Slavonia. The population of Slavonski Šamac itself is 1,256 ; the municipality, which includes the village of Kruševica, has a total population of 2,649.On the opposite...

 (part of Pan-European Corridor Vc). Also, the motorway A5

A5 (Croatia)

The A5 motorway is a motorway in Croatia spanning . It connects Osijek, the largest city in Slavonia region, to the Croatian motorway network at the Sredanci interchange of the A3 motorway. The A5 represents a significant north–south transportation corridor in Croatia and is a part of the...

 is passing nearby.

Vrpolje is visited by numerous tourists and lovers of Ivan Meštrović

Ivan Meštrovic

Ivan Meštrović was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor and architect born in Vrpolje, Croatia...

's art. Meštrović was born here because Vrpolje was a temporary residence of his family (his father was involved in the construction of the railroad Đakovo-Šamac); later on the family returned to Otavice

Otavice

Otavice is a small village in Dalmatian hinterland in Croatia, located on edge of Petrovo field, approximately 35 km away from the city of Šibenik. The village has 190 permanent inhabitants....

 near Drniš

Drniš

Drniš is a town in Croatia, located in inland Dalmatia at halfway between Šibenik and Knin. Its municipality population is 8,595 , with 3,332 in the town itself and the rest in two dozen surrounding villages...

.