According to legend, the name Lopare derives from the ancient word "lopar", an agricultural implement similar to a shovel and used for placing bread dough in a bread-oven, which used to be made here by a legendary Majevica wood-worker.

The legend also says that its name derives from people who once lived here and were inclined to brawling, which is called "lopali" in slang. No one is realy sure how Lopare got its name.

The antiquity of Lopare is also uncertain with the earliest records of the place dating from the second half the 18 century; when inns were located at the crossroads and served traders and travellers. Lopare begun to develop around the river Glljice, since the bottomland was conducive to the founding of a settlement.

According to remains of the past, Lopare was inhabited even in ancient times, since in some villages we find 'stecci' - medieval stone sarcophagi. They are mostly found between Tobut, Labucka and Vukosavci - some 30 of them. Archaeological evidence indicates there was once an Illyrian settlement here, about 2,600 years ago; in the Middle Iron-Age.

Municipal infrastructure began to be built in the Austro-Hungarian period (1878-1918) when the present City Hall was built. The road connecting Lopare to the neighbouring municipalities was built in the same period. Lopare was for a long time a roadside community, with a long main street and small streets -often dead-end -branching off from the main street. In later times, better streets with shops were built. This longest street in Lopare measures about 1,600 m, running the whole length of the town.

Lopare also gained commercial buildings, these also gravitating towards the main street, which gives Lopare a special charm and attraction. We find there a brick-works, a chair factory, a refrigeration plant, the Dita plant, the Termal facilities, and other commercial enterprises, including also schools, the Orthodox Church, a hotel, the administrative centre, a department store, apartment buildings, and so on.

Judging by what can be seen in Lopare and the rest of the Municipality today, the population of this part of RS are willing to create a modern home for themselves, according to their taste and measure - sufficient for people of good will, firm as the mountain looming above them. One can now reach every Lopare village by car, at all times of the year, while phones and modem appliances are common-place. The youth are also promising -none are foregoing their education.

And what is most important, there are less and less of those who want to leave their towns and villages. They want to remain on their land and there create a contemporary life.

Lopare is gaining the aspect of a modem town, developing from a roadside community into an attractive town, where, in addition to commerce, tourism is developing as well as village tourism, and so on - while fruit production remains the pride of the region. This will play an important part in development because of the unspoiled countryside and the increasing health awareness among people.