Luč

Luč
Village
Luč
Coordinates: HR 45°47′07″N 18°32′08″E / 45.78528°N 18.53556°E
Country	Croatia
Region	Baranya
County	Osijek-Baranja
Municipality	Petlovac
Elevation	300 ft (90 m)
Population (2011)
• Total	435
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	31300 Beli Manastir
Area code(s)	(+385) 31

Luč (Hungarian: Lőcs) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 435 people.^[1]

Population

Population data graph 1857.-2011.^[2]

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Luč
1991
total: 735   Croats 615 (83.67%)   Yugoslavs 54 (7.34%)   Serbs 31 (4.21%)   Hungarians 9 (1.22%)   Slovenes 8 (1.08%)   Albanians 4 (0.54%)   Ruthenians 3 (0.40%)   Germans 2 (0.27%)   Montenegrins 2 (0.27%)   Muslims by nationality 1 (0.13%)   ethnically undeclared 4 (0.54%)   unknown 2 (0.27%)

Austria-Hungary 1910. census

Luč
Population by ethnicity	Population by religion
total: 1,138   Šokci 730 (64.14%)   Germans 276 (24.25%)   Hungarians 107 (9.40%)   Slovaks 18 (1.58%)   Serbs 6 (0.52%)   Croats 1 (0.08%)	total: 1,138   roman catholics 1,115 (97.97%)   jewish 13 (1.14%)   eastern orthodox 6 (0.52%)   calvinists 4 (0.35%)

References

1. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Luč". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
2. Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr

Literature

• 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;

See also

• Osijek-Baranja county
• Baranja