Lučani

For other uses, see Lucani (disambiguation).

Lučani Лучани (Serbian)
Town and municipality
Town Hall Entrance
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of Lučani within Serbia
Coordinates: 43°52′N 20°08′E
Country	Serbia
Region	Šumadija and Western Serbia
District	Moravica
Settlements	36
Government
• Mayor	Milivoje Dolović (SNS)
Area [1]
• Rank	74th in Serbia
• Town	1.99 km^2 (0.77 sq mi)
• Municipality	454.76 km^2 (175.58 sq mi)
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Highest elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Lowest elevation	293 m (961 ft)
Population  (2011 census)[2]
• Rank	77th in Serbia
• Town	5,142
• Town density	2,600/km^2 (6,700/sq mi)
• Municipality	20,897
• Municipality density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32240
Area code	+381(0)32
Car plates	LU
Website	www.lucani.rs

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

Settlements

Aside from the town of Lučani, the municipality includes the following settlements:

• Beli Kamen
• Viča
• Vlasteljice
• Vučkovica
• Goračići
• Gornja Kravarica
• Gornji Dubac
• Grab
• Guberevci
• Guča
• Guča village
• Dljin
• Donja Kravarica
• Donji Dubac
• Dučalovići
• Đerađ
• Živica
• Zeoke
• Kaona
• Kotraža
• Krivača
• Krstac
• Lis
• Lisice
• Lučani village
• Markovica
• Milatovići
• Negrišori
• Puhovo
• Pšanik
• Rogača
• Rtari
• Rti
• Tijanje
• Turica

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	32,333	—
1953	34,412	+1.25%
1961	33,336	−0.40%
1971	31,646	−0.52%
1981	29,708	−0.63%
1991	27,167	−0.89%
2002	24,614	−0.89%
2011	20,897	−1.80%
Source: [3]

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.

Ethnic groups

The municipality is largely inhabited by Serbs (97.9%).

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%

Economy

Lučani is home to the chemical defence company Milan Blagojević - Namenska which employs around 1,300 people (as of 2017). Also, Maxima color manufacturer has its factory in Lučani.

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):^[4]

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	34
Mining and quarrying	6
Manufacturing	2,288
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	187
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	58
Construction	82
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	396
Transportation and storage	217
Accommodation and food services	151
Information and communication	12
Financial and insurance activities	25
Real estate activities	-
Professional, scientific and technical activities	99
Administrative and support service activities	31
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	172
Education	294
Human health and social work activities	185
Arts, entertainment and recreation	71
Other service activities	51
Individual agricultural workers	391
Total	4,749

Sports

Lučani is home to the professional football club FK Mladost Lučani, which has played continuously in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top division of Serbian football.

Notable people

• Radmila Bakočević (b. 1933), opera singer
• Ratko Dostanić (b. 1959), football coach
• Boban Janković (1963–2006), basketball player
• Željko Tanasković (b. 1967), volleyball player
• Radojica Vasić (b. 1976), football player
• MC Stojan (b. 1983), singer
• Milan Bojović (b. 1987), football player

See also

• Guča trumpet festival

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: Comparative Overview of the Number of Population in 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 and 2011, Data by settlements" (PDF). Statistical Office of Republic Of Serbia, Belgrade. 2014. ISBN 978-86-6161-109-4. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
3. "2011 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Serbia" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
4. "MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2019" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

External links

• Official website