Serbs in Dubrovnik

Church of the Holy Annunciation, Dubrovnik.

The Serbs of Dubrovnik are the Serbian minority which makes up 2.73% of the population of Dubrovnik according to the 2011 census.[1]

In the latter half of the 19th century, a number of notable local Catholics came to espouse a Serb national ideology and political goals, forming the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik which remained prominent until after World War I.[2]

Demographic history

Year Serbs  %
1948 1,419 9.12%
1953 1,966 10.25%
1961 2,744 11.90%
1971 3,405 10.92%
1981 3,721 8.46%
1991 4,342 8.73%
2001 1,219 4.01%
2011 1,164 2.73%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Dubrovnik-Neretva". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. ↑ Banac, Ivo (1983). "The Confessional "Rule" and the Dubrovnik Exception: The Origins of the "Serb-Catholic" Circle in Nineteenth-Century Dalmatia". Slavic Review. 42 (3): 448–474. JSTOR 2496046. (registration required (help)).
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