Raduč is a village in the Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of Lovinac municipality.
Raduč | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Serbian Orthodox church in Raduč | |
  Raduč | |
| Coordinates: 44°23′57″N 15°35′06″E / 44.39917°N 15.58500°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Lika-Senj |
| Municipality | Lovinac |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.2 km2 (15.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 624 m (2,047 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 40 |
| • Density | 0.97/km2 (2.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 53244 |
| Area code | 053 |
Location
editIt is located in Lika, 25 kilometers from Gračac, on the state road D50.
Population/Demographics
editAccording to national census of 2011, population of the settlement is 12.
| Year | Population[3] |
|---|---|
| 1857 | 1310 |
| 1869 | 850 |
| 1880 | 875 |
| 1890 | 1015 |
| 1900 | 1110 |
| 1910 | 1081 |
| 1921 | 945 |
| 1931 | 909 |
| 1948 | 729 |
| 1953 | 704 |
| 1961 | 724 |
| 1971 | 523 |
| 1981 | 407 |
| 1991 | 336 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2011 | 12 |
Notable people
edit- Milutin Tesla, Serbian orthodox priest, father of Nikola Tesla
It is miss understood that great Nikola Tesla family is from Smiljan, Austro-Hungary, later Yugoslavia. Tesla's are from the village of Raduc, Lika. The reason Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, is because his father Milutin, Serbian-Orthodox priest was on duty in Smiljan, where Serbian-Orthodox church was his responsibility. The house next to the church was given to Milutin Tesla, while serving in Smiljan, which is why Nikola Tesla was born there and not in Raduc. Due to the ethnic cleansing of Serbs from today's Croatia, there are almost no people left there. However, Milka Tesla, still lives in Raduc.
References
edit- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "1857-2001 census by settlement". Central Bureau of Statistics (Croatia) (in Croatian).
External links
edit- Official website of the municipality of Lovinac (in Croatian)
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