Lovreć is a village and a municipality in

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

in the

Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia County ( ) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242 (2011). The land area is 4.540 km2, the total area is 14.106,40 km2. Split-Dalmati ...

History

On 17 August 2021, a

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of intensity IF0.5 hit Čajkušići by Lovreć, causing roof damage.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 1,699, in the following settlements: * Dobrinče, population 174 * Lovreć, population 585 * Medovdolac, population 163 * Opanci, population 321 * Studenci, population 456 In the same census, 99.59% of the population were

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. The hamlets near Lovreć include: Olujići, Dumančići and Kasumi, Šimundići, Čaljkušići, Bekavci, Milinovići, Nosići, Jelići, Petričevići, Nikolići, Ćorići.

Famous people

Šimun Milinović Šimun Milinović (24 February 1835 in Lovreć – 24 March 1910 in Bar) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest and Franciscan who was the Serbian Primate (''Primas Serbiae'') and Archbishop of Antivari from 1886 to 1910. Milinović was Croa ...

References

Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub