Bulgarians in Croatia (Croatian: Bugari Hrvatske, Bulgarian: Българи в Хърватия) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia. According to the last census from 2011, there were 872 Bulgarians living in Croatia, most of them in Zagreb.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 350[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Croatian, Bulgarian | |
| Religion | |
| Bulgarian Orthodox (45%)Catholic (23%) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Croatian Macedonians |
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.[2]
Number of Bulgarians
edit| Formal name of Croatia | Year | Number of Bulgarians |
|---|---|---|
| part of Yugoslavia | 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][3] | ||
2011 census
edit| County | Bulgarians | Total percentage |
|---|---|---|
| City of Zagreb | 120 | 42.86% |
| Split-Dalmatia | 48 | 13.71% |
| Istria | 34 | 9.71% |
| Osijek-Baranja | 26 | 7.43% |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 24 | 6.86% |
| Zagreb | 16 | 4.57% |
| Bjelovar Bilogora | 12 | 3.43% |
| Brod-Posavina | 10 | 2.86% |
| Zadar | 10 | 2.86% |
| Varaždin | 9 | 2.57% |
| Šibenik-Knin | 8 | 2.29% |
| Vukovar-Syrmia | 7 | 2.00% |
| Sisak-Moslavina | 6 | 1.71% |
| Karlovac | 5 | 1.43% |
| Dubrovnik Neretva | 3 | 0.86% |
| Požega-Slavonia | 3 | 0.86% |
| Virovitica-Podravina | 3 | 0.86% |
| Lika-Senj | 2 | 1.57% |
| Krapina-Zagorje | 1 | 0.29% |
| Međimurje | 1 | 0.29% |
| Total | 350 | 100% |
| (2011 census) [4] | ||
Notable people
edit- Nikolaj Pešalov (b. 1970), weightlifter
- Marianna Radev (1913–1973), contralto
- Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023), writer, Bulgarian mother
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti, popisi 1971. - 2011" (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Popis stanovništva 2001. godine
