Lukač, Croatia

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

Lukač
Lukač
Coordinates: 45°52′12″N 17°25′12″E
Country	Croatia
County	Virovitica-Podravina
Area [1]
• Total	82.9 km2 (32.0 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,759
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	opcina-lukac.hr

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.

Colonist settlements of Ada, Brezovo Polje, Neteča, Rit, and Zrinj were established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lukač". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "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.
5. Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN 0351-9767.
6. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
7. "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.