Lučice, Croatia

Lučice is a settlement in the City of Delnice in Croatia. In 2021, its population was 298.

History

On 29–30 January 1942, Partisans cut down 6 poles in Javornik.
On 16 May, Partisans destroyed part of the railway track between Lučice and Sopač, drailing a train, damaging the locomotive and 4 wagons.
From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated, freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. Because of power lines falling on the A6, the highway was closed in of Rijeka between Bosiljevo and Kikovica, and between Kikovica and Delnice in the direction of Zagreb. It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million HRK to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses. Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared.

Governance

Local

It is the seat of its own.

Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar passes through Lučice.
The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, sometimes goes through Lučice, such as in the first leg for 2023.