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Lukač, Croatia

Coordinates: 45°52′12″N 17°25′12″E / 45.87000°N 17.42000°E / 45.87000; 17.42000
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Lukač
Lukač is located in Croatia
Lukač
Lukač
Coordinates: 45°52′12″N 17°25′12″E / 45.87000°N 17.42000°E / 45.87000; 17.42000
Country Croatia
CountyVirovitica-Podravina
Area
 • Total
82.9 km2 (32.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
2,759
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC 1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 2 (CEST)
Websiteopcina-lukac.hr

Lukač is a village and municipality in Podravina, 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]

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

History

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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

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Minority councils

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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

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  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.