Lukovdol is a small village located in the Gorski Kotar region of

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

, about one mile south of the Slovenian border. Lukovdol is part of

Vrbovsko Vrbovsko ( sr-cyr, Врбовско) is a town in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County; on its 280 square kilometers area, Vrbovsko features 60 settlements and a t ...

municipality. Lukovdol has an area of 5.91 km². As of 2011, there were 129 people living in Lukovdol. Local industries include cattle raising, lumber processing, and textile products. Lukovdol is the birthplace of

Ivan Goran Kovačić Ivan Goran Kovačić (; 21 March 1913 – 12 July 1943) was a Croatian poet and writer. Early life and background He was born in Lukovdol (part of Vrbovsko), a town in Gorski Kotar, to a Croat father, Ivan Kovačić, and Transylvanian Jewi ...

, one of Croatia's most notable poets of the 20th century, and the site of a memorial museum dedicated to him, opened in 1975.

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Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Gorski Kotar {{PrimorjeGorskiKotar-geo-stub