{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Luč | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = Village (Selo) | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia#Europe | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | coordinates = {{coord|45|47|07|N|18|32|08|E|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Croatia}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Baranya | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Osijek-Baranja}} | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Petlovac | established_title = | established_date = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 9.4 | area_land_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 90 | elevation_ft = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2021">{{Croatian Census 2021|S}}</ref> | population_as_of = 2021 | population_total = 322 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_note = | timezone = CET | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset = +1 | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 31300 Beli Manastir | area_code = (+385) 31 | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }}
thumb|right | A street in Luc. '''Luč''' ({{langx|hu|Lőcs}}, {{langx|de|Lutsch}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl|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.<ref>{{Croatian Census 2011|S|14|3255}}</ref>
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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.feked.hu/etc/Stifolder_tortenet.pdf|title=Die Stiffoller und der Stiffolder|publisher=FEKED|language=de}}</ref> Most of them were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948 under the Potsdam Agreement.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ldu-online.de/die-vertreibung | title=Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn }}</ref>
==Population==
{{Kretanje broja stanovnika |naslov = '''Population data graph 1857.-2021.'''<ref>[https://web.dzs.hr/Hrv/pxweb2003/database/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske.asp Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001., www.dzs.hr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505110305/http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/pxweb2003/database/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske/Naselja%20i%20stanovnistvo%20Republike%20Hrvatske.asp |date=5 May 2012 }}</ref> |dimx = |dimy = |stanmax = 1300 |crta1 = 100 |crta2 = 50 |a1 = 1857 |a2 = 1869 |a3 = 1880 |a4 = 1890 |a5 = 1900 |a6 = 1910 |a7 = 1921 |a8 = 1931 |a9 = 1948 |a10 = 1953 |a11 = 1961 |a12 = 1971 |a13 = 1981 |a14 = 1991 |a15 = 2001 |a16 = 2011 |a17 = 2021 |p1 = 1226 |p2 = 1172 |p3 = 1119 |p4 = 1133 |p5 = 1111 |p6 = 1138 |p7 = 1050 |p8 = 1076 |p9 = 1014 |p10 = 947 |p11 = 987 |p12 = 896 |p13 = 726 |p14 = 735 |p15 = 487 |p16 = 435 |p17 = 322 |izvor = Državni zavod za statistiku }}
==Ethnic composition, 1991. census==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em auto; text-align: center;" |- ! colspan="1" | Luč |- | 1991 |- | {{Pie chart | caption=total: 735 | label1 = Croats 615 | value1 = 83.67 | color1 = #4169E1 | label2 = Yugoslavs 54 | value2 = 7.34 | color2 = #C71585 | label3 = Serbs 31 | value3 = 4.21 | color3 = #FF0000 | label4 = Hungarians 9 | value4 = 1.22 | color4 = #665D1E | label5 = Slovenes 8 | value5 = 1.08 | color5 = #FF55A3 | label6 = Albanians 4 | value6 = 0.54 | color6 = #4B3621 | label7 = Ruthenians 3 | value7 = 0.40 | color7 = #00416A | label8 = Germans 2 | value8 = 0.27 | color8 = #BDB76B | label9 = Montenegrins 2 | value9 = 0.27 | color9 = #C19A6B | label10 = ethnic Muslims 1 | value10 = 0.13 | color10 = #228B22 | label11 = ethnically undeclared 4 | value11 = 0.54 | color11 = #C154C1 | label12 = unknown 2 | value12 = 0.27 | color12 = #A2A2D0 }} |- |}
==Austria-Hungary 1910. census==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em auto; text-align: center;" |- ! colspan="2" | Luč |- | '''Population by ethnicity''' || '''Population by religion''' |- | {{Pie chart | caption=total: 1,138 | label1 = Šokci 730 | value1 = 64.14 | color1 = #C46210 | label2 = Germans 276 | value2 = 24.25 | color2 = #BDB76B | label3 = Hungarians 107 | value3 = 9.40 | color3 = #665D1E | label4 = Slovaks 18 | value4 = 1.58 | color4 = #9966CC | label5 = Serbs 6 | value5 = 0.52 | color5 = #FF0000 | label6 = Croats 1 | value6 = 0.08 | color6 = #4169E1 }} | {{Pie chart | caption=total: 1,138 | label1 = Roman Catholics 1,115 | value1 = 97.97 | color1 = #4169E1 | label2 = Jewish 13 | value2 = 1.14 | color2 = #FFBF00 | label3 = Eastern Orthodox 6 | value3 = 0.52 | color3 = #FF0000 | label4 = Calvinists 4 | value4 = 0.35 | color4 = #BDB76B }} |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography==
* Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, author: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., {{ISBN|953-6667-07-X}}, {{ISBN|978-953-6667-07-9}};
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Luc}} Category:Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County Category:Baranya (region)