Bulgarians in Croatia
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 350[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Zagreb | 110[2] |
| Languages | |
| Croatian, Bulgarian | |
| Religion | |
| Bulgarian Orthodox | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bulgarians, Macedonians, Croats | |
Bulgarians in Croatia (Croatian: Bugari Hrvatske, Bulgarian: Българи в Хърватия) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia. According to the last census from 2001, there was 331 Bulgarians living in Croatia, from which most of them lived in Zagreb.
Bulgarians are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of eleven other national minorities.[3]
Number of Bulgarians
| Formal name of Croatia | Year | Number of Bulgarians |
|---|---|---|
| - | 1931 | 606 |
| People's Republic of Croatia | 1948 | 637 |
| 1953 | 464 | |
| 1961 | 593 | |
| Socialist Republic of Croatia | 1971 | 676 |
| 1981 | 441 | |
| Republic of Croatia | 1991 | 458 |
| 2001 | 331 | |
| 2011 | 350 | |
| (Croatian Bureau of Statistics) [1][4] | ||
2001 census
| County | Bulgarians | Total percentage |
|---|---|---|
| City of Zagreb | 110 | 33,24% |
| Split-Dalmatia | 37 | 11,18% |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 33 | 9,98% |
| Istria | 33 | 9,98% |
| Osijek-Baranja | 20 | 6,05% |
| Bjelovar Bilogora | 18 | 5,44% |
| Sisak-Moslavina | 12 | 3,63% |
| Zagreb | 11 | 3,33% |
| Vukovar-Syrmia | 10 | 3,03% |
| Brod-Posavina | 9 | 2,72% |
| Varaždin | 7 | 2,12% |
| Zadar | 7 | 2,12% |
| Šibenik-Knin | 6 | 1,82% |
| Koprivnica-Križevci | 3 | 0,91% |
| Virovitica Podravina | 3 | 0,91% |
| Dubrovnik Neretva | 3 | 0,91% |
| Međimurje | 3 | 0,91% |
| Krapina-Zagorje | 2 | 0,61% |
| Karlovac | 2 | 0,61% |
| Požega-Slavonia | 2 | 0,61% |
| Total | 331 | 100% |
| (2011 census) [2] | ||
Notable people
- Dubravka Ugrešić (b. 1949), writer, Bulgarian mother
External links
References
- 1 2 "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti, popisi 1971. - 2011." (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- 1 2 Popis stanovništva 2001. godine
- ↑ "Pravo pripadnika nacionalnih manjina u Republici Hrvatskoj na zastupljenost u Hrvatskom saboru". Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ Stanovništvo Hrvatske od 1931.-2001.
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