According to the 2011 census, Czechs (Serbian: Чеси / Česi) in Serbia number 1,824 of population.[1] National Council of the Czech National Minority in Serbia have seat in Bela Crkva in Vojvodina.
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 Coat of arms of the National Council of the Czech National Minority in Serbia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,824 (2011) | |
| Languages | |
| Serbian and Czech | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Slovaks, other West Slavs |
Demographics
editCzechs form a majority in Češko Selo ("Czech Village") in the Eastern Danube part of Southern Banat in Vojvodina.
| Year | Czechs |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 6,760 |
| 1953 | 5,948 |
| 1961 | 5,133 |
| 1971 | 4,149 |
| 1981 | 3,225 |
| 1991 | 2,675 |
| 2002 (excl. Kosovo) | 2,211 |
| 2011 (excl. Kosovo) | 1,824 |
Notable people
edit- Aleksandar Mašin, military officer and participant of the May Coup
- Ivan Bek, Yugoslav football player
- Ludmila Frajt, composer
- Emil Hájek, composer and pianist
- Rudolf Nováček, military composer
- Zlatko Krasni, poet
- Aleksandar Lifka, European cinematographer
- Vladislav Titelbah, rural painter
- František Zach, military theorist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Попис у Србији 2011". Archived from the original on 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.
External links
edit- Nacionalni savet češke nacionalne manjine | savetceha.rs (in Czech and Serbian)
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