| Lovčić | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Lovčić | |
| Coordinates: 45°12′N17°48′E / 45.200°N 17.800°E | |
| Country |  |
| County |  |
| Municipality | Brodski Stupnik |
| Population (2011) [1] | |
| • Total | 63 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 35253 Brodski Stupnik |
| Area code(s) | 035 |
Lovčić is a village in municipality of Brodski Stupnik in the central part of Brod-Posavina County.
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.
Brodski Stupnik is a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia part of Slavonski Brod built-up area. There were 3,036 inhabitants at the 2011 census in which 95% declare themselves Croats. Brodski Stupnik is a centre for wine making.
