Present

The village has 488 inhabitants on the present, who are living in 136 houses. Citizens in the productive age are leaving for the work to Zvolen, Banska Bystrica and Vlkanova. There are associate engaged in employment small business men, farmers in the village oneself tillage and rearing sheeps. The tradition of carving timbered kept on O. Kisik senior and today his son John and Ondrej. Baked and fancy gingerbread excites in the contemporary terms focus Mrs. Faith Rybova - fy Medulienka.

Velka Luka is able to admire renovate municipal devices, namely primarily polyfunctional the building, where oneself finds hall palace of culture, library, clubroom and hospitality. The grocery Jednota (Unity) was built in "Z" activity in 1986 . Municipal office resides in the independent building in community centre. Accordingly in the independent the building oneself finds infant school . There is no church in the village, citizens of evang. augus. confession visit church in Hronsek and R.C. faithfull visit church in Sliac.

The whole village was gas-serviced in 1999, H.A . was also self - supporting built new bus - stop. Village Velka Luka actively wire in project Slovakia's agency life settings: "Project - renewal villages" . Gratitude the village gained for three subsidy since 1998. In the year 1998 that was on renewal community centre, modification belfry and bus intermediate stops. In the year 2000 was gratitude this project worked - out: "general city plan urban settlement big meadow" and in the year 2001 was modified the entrance into cementery. Gratitude Orange Foundations en route money into the municipal library. Concrete aloft 30 000 Sk. There were confirmed resources from VUC Banska Bystrica for years to come 2006 for the changing of the roof covering on the three municipal devices in the wholes heigth 135 000 Sk (4220 €). From July by October 2006 was realized building sidewalk and landing in the local cementery, which was cofinanced by Social fund development sum 224 000 Sk (7000 €) frame : within the frame project "Improvement of public space for everyone"

Contemporary cultural life targets on activities provided by ZPOZ (APCM) (association pe civil matters) and cultural commission OcZ (parish council) in collaboration with maternal school and schoolchild basic schools. Velkolucianka (Big Meadow band) and its songs and performances keep tradition hillbilly music. Interest activities be developing Voluntary public fire - brigade , who are about 1990 remembered 100. anniversary voluntary firemen wardships. Here also causes soccer sports club OFK Velka Luka playing in the III.class. Through the village goes general cyclo-artery throug Hron country river-basin - "green ribbon of Hron country". Cyclo-touristic route "family track" with turning at a large meadow lead the way stage in beauties of surrounding nature.