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[[File:Slovēnijas - Horvātijas robeža, Macelj - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Slovenian–Croatian border near Macelj]]
'''Macelj''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑː|t|s|ɛ|l}};{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} {{IPA|sh|mât͡sɛʎ|pron}}) is the name of a village and a forest in northern [[Croatia]] bordering on [[Slovenia]]. There is an official border crossing in Macelj, and the end of the [[A2 (Croatia)|A2 highway]]. The villages are administratively divided into '''Gornji Macelj''' (''Upper''), population 204, and '''Donji Macelj''' (''Lower''), population 566.<ref>{{Croatian Census 2011|S|02|1082}}</ref>
At the end of [[World War II]] in 1945, the forests near Macelj were the location of the [[Macelj massacre]].
Macelj has the most frequently congested border crossing in Croatia on the Slovenian border. The Slovenian village opposite Macelj is [[Zgornje Gruškovje]].
==See also==
* [[List of caves on Macelj and Ravna gora|List of caves on Macelj]]
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