Lukoran Explained

Official Name:Lukoran
Settlement Type:Village
Mapsize:275
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Zadar County
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:9.8
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:478
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:23274
Area Code:023

Lukoran is a village in Croatia, located on the Adriatic island of Ugljan overlooking at the Zadar peninsula. It is connected with other island villages with the State route D110. Lukoran was mentioned in the year 1068. It was the birthplace of Šimun Klimantović*https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Šimun_Klimantović (Klemenović, around 1460–1540), a Glagolitic writer, as he said for himself in his chronicle of the Glagolitic (1511). His two collections are kept in Zagreb and in the Russian National Library in St. Petersburg.

Lukoran is a village mainly active in fishing, agriculture and tourism. It has four settlements: Mali Lukoran, Turkija, Veli Lukoran and Prkljug. The highest peak of the island is Šćah (286 m).

Lukoran has 503 inhabitants. In 1075, it was mentioned as the property of the Zadar Benedictines.[2]

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  2. Web site: TZ Preko - Lukoran . 2023-06-08 . Tz Općine Preko . hr.