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Bulgarians in Croatia

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Bulgarians in Croatia
Total population
350[1]
Languages
Croatian, Bulgarian
Religion
Bulgarian Orthodox (45%)
Catholic (23%)
Related ethnic groups
Croatian Macedonians
Bulgarian memorial in the krypt of the Đakovo Cathedral.

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.

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

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti, popisi 1971. - 2011" (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Stanovništvo Hrvatske od 1931.-2001.
  4. ^ Popis stanovništva 2001. godine