Montenegrins of Croatia

Montenegrins of Croatia
Crnogorci Hrvatske
Црногорци Хрватске
Total population
	4,517 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
	City of Zagreb, Istria County, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Split-Dalmatia County, Osijek-Baranja County, Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Languages
	Montenegrin, Croatian
Religion
	Montenegrin Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Muslim minority
Related ethnic groups
	Montenegrins

The Montenegrins of Croatia are a national minority in the republic. According to the 2011 census, there are 4,517 ethnic Montenegrins in Croatia. The highest number of Montenegrins in Croatia is in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Montenegrins are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of four other national minorities.^[2]

History[]

In 1657, the Doge of Venice Bertuccio Valiero, resettled Peroj with five families (Brcela, Draković, Brajić, Vučeta, and Ljubotina) from the Cernizza region in Montenegro. Following the Cretan War of 1645–1669, twenty other families originally from Montenegro migrated to Peroj. Today Peroj is the centre of the Montenegrins in Istria County.

Demographics[]

Montenegrins in census for 2001 and 2011:

County	Number in 2001 census	% of all Montenegrins in Croatia	Number in 2011 census	% of all Montenegrins in Croatia
City of Zagreb	1,313	26.65%	1,191	26.37%
Istria County	732	14.86%	759	16.80%
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County	643	13.05%	642	14.21%
Split-Dalmatia County	593	12.04%	485	10.74%
Dubrovnik-Neretva County	370	7.51%	307	6.80%
Osijek-Baranja County	352	7.15%	319	7.08%
Zagreb County	135	2.74%	130	2.88%
Vukovar-Srijem County	119	2.41%	97	2.15%
Zadar County	112	2.27%	100	2.21%
Bjelovar-Bilogora County	83	1.68%	63	1.39%
Šibenik-Knin County	75	1.52%	66	1.46%
Karlovac County	74	1.50%	62	1.37%
Sisak-Moslavina County	70	1.42%	68	1.51%
Brod-Posavina County	54	1.10%	41	0.91%
Virovitica-Podravina County	43	0.87%	42	0.93%
Varazdin County	42	0.85%	43	0.95%
Međimurje County	31	0.63%	26	0.58%
Koprivnica-Krizevci County	29	0.59%	36	0.80%
Pozega-Slavonia County	22	0.45%	14	0.31%
Krapina-Zagorje County	13	0.26%	10	0.22%
Lika-Senj County	8	0.16%	16	0.35%
Total	4,926	100%	4,517	100%

References[]

^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 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.

Sources[]

2001 census of Croatia

External links[]

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[1] "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 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.

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v t Ethnic groups in Croatia
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National minorities	Albanians Austrians Bosniaks Bulgarians Czechs Germans Hungarians Italians (Dalmatia, Istria) Jews Macedonians Montenegrins Poles Romani Romanians Russians Rusyns Serbs (Vukovar, Zagreb) Slovaks Slovenes Turks Ukrainians Vlachs
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