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Croats of Hungary
Hrvati u Mađarskoj
Croats from Baranya County, Hungary
Total population
26,774[1]
Regions with significant populations
Baranya County7,185
Zala County3,770
Bács-Kiskun County3,502
Vas County3,197
Győr-Moson-Sopron County3,028
Budapest2,186
Somogy County1,547
Pest County980
Csongrád County358
Fejér County353
Tolna County178
Veszprém County131
Languages
Croatian, Hungarian
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Croats, Croats of Vojvodina, Burgenland Croats
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The Hungarian Croats (Croatian: Hrvati u Mađarskoj; Hungarian: Magyarországi horvátok) are an ethnic minority in Hungary. According to the 2011 census, there were 26,774 Croats in Hungary or 0.3% of population.[2]

Croats of Hungary belong to several ethnographic subgroups. The following groups called themselves through history as Croats: Bunjevci (Danubian Croats), Burgenland Croats, Podravina Croats, Pomurje Croats, and Šokci.[3] These Croats live along the Croatian-Hungarian border, along the Austrian-Hungarian border, and Serbian-Hungarian border.

Ethnology

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For other uses, see Bosniaks (disambiguation).
Bošnjaci

Bošnjak male from Hungary
Total population
Croats
Regions with significant populations
Hungary
Languages
mostly Croatian
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Croats

The common ethnonym and autonym is horvátok (Croats). In Baranya, there is a community of Croats with Bosnian Catholic origin which is known as bosnyákok (Bosniaks) (Croatian: Bošnjaci, singular Bošnjak; Hungarian: Bosnyákok, in Hungarian literature also Baranyai bosnyákok). They live in Baranya, in the city of Pécs,[4][5][6][7][8][9] also in the villages Kökény, Szemely,[10] Udvar,[11] Szalánta (they came there in the 18th century; today they make 32% of the village population), Pécsudvard,[12] Németi, Pogány[13] et cetera. Until recently, Croat Bosniak Catholics were the significant community in Áta, Szőke and Szőkéd, but those Croats have significantly magyarized.

In the village of Hercegszántó there is a community of Šokci (Hungarian: sokácok). In Bács-Kiskun, the community of Bunjevci (Hungarian: bunyevácok) declare as Bunjevci or Croats. Croats immigrated in the Early modern period.[citation needed]

Geography

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Map of Croats in Hungary

Croat communities are scattered in several parts of Hungary, mostly in the western and southern part of the country, and along the Danube, including Budapest with neighbourhood.[citation needed]

According to 2011 population census, 7,185 Croats live in Baranya County, 3,770 in Zala County, 3,502 in Bács-Kiskun County, 3,197 in Vas County, 3,028 in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, 2,186 in Budapest, 1,547 in Somogy County, 980 in Pest County, 358 in Csongrád-Csanád County, 353 in Fejér County, 178 in Tolna County, and 131 in Veszprém County..[14]

Cultural institutions

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Day of Croats of Hungary (Croatian: Dan Hrvata u Mađarskoj) is celebrated on St. Martin's Day (11th October).[15]

Notable people

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Notable Hungarian Croats or Hungarians of Croat descent:

See also

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Sources and references

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  1. ^ 2011 Hungary Census Report
  2. ^ National data - 4.1.6.1 Population by nationality, 2011
  3. ^ (in Croatian) Hrvatska državna samouprava Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Ernest Barić: Jezik Hrvata u Mađarskoj
  4. ^ (in Croatian) Croatica.hu Dinko Šokčević: Povijest Hrvata u Mađarskoj
  5. ^ (in Croatian) MVP RH Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Bilateralni odnosi
  6. ^ (in Croatian) Glas Koncila Archived October 31, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Kako dalje glede pastorala hrvatskih katolika u Mađarskoj?
  7. ^ (in Croatian) Živko Mandić: Obiteljski nadimci Hrvata Bošnjaka u Mađarskoj
  8. ^ (in Croatian) Folklorni ansambl "Tanac", Pečuh Archived 2016-10-24 at the Wayback Machine Priča
  9. ^ "Podravina.net" (PDF) (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Sanja Vulić: Međunarodni kroatistički znanstveni skupovi u Pečuhu 1998. i 2000.
  10. ^ "Hrvatski glasnik br. 34/2008" (PDF) (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-05-01. (737 KB) XIV. Bošnjačko sijelo u Kukinju
  11. ^ (in Croatian) Hrvatski glasnik br. 5/2006. Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Bošnjačka svadba
  12. ^ (in Croatian) Ansambl narodnih plesova Tanac Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ (in Croatian) Sanja Vulić: O govorima Bošnjaka u Mađarskoj, objavljeno na Internetu 09. ožujka 2007. na www.podravina.net
  14. ^ Hungarian Central Statistical Office 4.1.11 Population by national/ethnic groups
  15. ^ Maretić, Neda (11 October 2024). "Dan Hrvata u Mađarskoj obilježen u Sambotelu". Voice of Croatia (in Croatian). Croatian Radio Television (HRT).
  16. ^ (in Croatian) Hrvatski glasnik br.33/2007. Počasni građanin Santova, 16 August 2007, p. 5
  17. ^ (in Croatian) Hrvatski glasnik br.29/2008. Ulica Nikole Pančića u Gari, 17 July 2008, p. 15
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