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Mikhail Gorbachev

Luč
Luč is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Luč
Luč
Luč is located in Croatia
Luč
Luč
Luč is located in Europe
Luč
Luč
Coordinates: 45°47′07″N 18°32′08″E / 45.78528°N 18.53556°E / 45.78528; 18.53556
Country Croatia
RegionBaranya
County Osijek-Baranja
MunicipalityPetlovac
Area
 • Total
3.6 sq mi (9.4 km2)
Elevation
300 ft (90 m)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
322
 • Density89/sq mi (34/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
Area code(+385) 31

Luč (Hungarian: Lőcs, German: Lutsch, Serbian Cyrillic: Луч) is a settlement in the Petlovac municipality of Osijek-Baranja County in the region of Baranya, Croatia. The population was 322 people in 2011.[3]

Until the end of World War II the most inhabitants were German Danube Swabians, also known locally as Stifolder because their ancestors arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from Fulda (district).[4] Most of them were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948 under the Potsdam Agreement.[5]

Population

Population data graph 1857.-2021.[6]
population
1226
1172
1119
1133
1111
1138
1050
1076
1014
947
987
896
726
735
487
435
322
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Luč
1991
total: 735
  1. Croats 615 (83.67%)
  2. Yugoslavs 54 (7.34%)
  3. Serbs 31 (4.21%)
  4. Hungarians 9 (1.22%)
  5. Slovenes 8 (1.08%)
  6. Albanians 4 (0.54%)
  7. Ruthenians 3 (0.4%)
  8. Germans 2 (0.27%)
  9. Montenegrins 2 (0.27%)
  10. ethnic Muslims 1 (0.13%)
  11. ethnically undeclared 4 (0.54%)
  12. unknown 2 (0.27%)

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

Luč
Population by ethnicity Population by religion
total: 1,138
  1. Šokci 730 (64.14%)
  2. Germans 276 (24.25%)
  3. Hungarians 107 (9.4%)
  4. Slovaks 18 (1.58%)
  5. Serbs 6 (0.52%)
  6. Croats 1 (0.08%)
total: 1,138
  1. Roman Catholics 1,115 (97.97%)
  2. Jewish 13 (1.14%)
  3. Eastern Orthodox 6 (0.52%)
  4. Calvinists 4 (0.35%)

References

Bibliography

  • Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;