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Lukač, Croatia

Village and municipality in Croatia

Place in Virovitica-Podravina, Croatia

45°52′12″N 17°25′12″E / 45.87000°N 17.42000°E / 45.87000; 17.42000Country

CroatiaCountyVirovitica-PodravinaArea

^[1]

• Total82.9 km² (32.0 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total2,759 • Density33/km² (86/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websiteopcina-lukac.hr

Lukač is a village and municipality in Slavonia, in the Virovitica-Podravina County of Croatia.

In the 2011 census, the municipality had a total population of 3,634, in the following settlements:^[3]

Brezik, population 213
Budrovac Lukački, population 138
Dugo Selo Lukačko, population 570
Gornje Bazje, population 498
Kapela Dvor, population 259
Katinka, population 41
Lukač, population 443
Rit, population 38
Terezino Polje, population 269
Turanovac, population 695
Veliko Polje, population 341
Zrinj Lukački, population 129

In the 2001 census, 92% were Croats.^[4]

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Lukač was part of the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Politics

Minority councils

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.^[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Lukač.^[6]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lukač". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2001 Census: County of Virovitica-Podravina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2001. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2002.
^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. X. VIROVITIČKO-PODRAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 12. Retrieved 10 June 2023.