Lučani

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Lučani
Лучани
Municipality and Town

Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Lučani within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°52′N 20°08′E / 43.867°N 20.133°E / 43.867; 20.133Coordinates: 43°52′N 20°08′E / 43.867°N 20.133°E / 43.867; 20.133
Country  Serbia
District Moravica
Settlements 36
Government
  Mayor Slobodan Jolović
Area[1]
  Municipality 454 km2 (175 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)[2]
  Town 5,142
  Municipality 20,897
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 32240
Area code +381 32
Car plates LU
Website www.lucani.rs

Lučani (Serbian Cyrillic: Лучани) is a town and municipality located in central Serbia. The population of the town is 5,142, while the population of the municipality is 20,897.

Perhaps the most famous village in the municipality is Guča, where the annual trumpet festival is held.

Demographics

In the town of Lučani there are 5,142 inhabitants, while the average age of the population is 38,3 years (37,8 with men and 38,7 with women). There are 7,298 homes in the municipality and the average number of people living together is 2,86.

The municipality is largely inhabited by Serbs (97.9%), and in the last few years, a sharp rise in the number of inhabitants was noted.

Graph showing the Lučani population change in the 20th Century
Lučani ethnicities in 2011
Serbs
 
98.00%
Montenegrins
 
0.78%
Yugoslavs
 
0.13%
Croats
 
0.11%
Macedonians
 
0.06%
Hungarians
 
0.04%
Slovaks
 
0.02%
Other
 
0.62%

Notable people

References

  1. "Municipalities of Serbia, 2006". Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 2010-11-28. 
  2. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in The Republic of Serbia: Age and Sex – Data by settlements". Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2012. ISBN 978-86-6161-023-3. Retrieved 2013-09-11. 

See also

  • Guča trumpet festival
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