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Сърби в България Срби у Бугарској Srbi u Bugarskoj | |
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| Total population | |
| 1,497 Serbian citizens (2023)[1] 313 of Serb ancestry (2011)[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Serbian and Bulgarian | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodoxy |
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Serbs in Bulgaria are Bulgarian citizens of ethnic Serb descent and/or Serbia-born persons living in Bulgaria. According to 2023 data, there were 1,497 Serbian citizens in Bulgaria, while the 2011 figures recorded 313 individuals of Serb ethnic descent.[1][3]
History
[edit]The first modern census, conducted in 1880, which registered native languages used, showed there were 1,894 native speakers of Serbian with the following districts having a significant number:
- Vidin District: 1,260 or 1.2% of the total population[4][permanent dead link]
- Kula Subdistrict: 1,083 or 3.5% of the total population[5][permanent dead link]
- Vidin Subdistrict: 165 or 0.4% of the total population[5]
- Sofia District: 258 or 0.2% of the total population[4]
- Sofia Subdistrict: 243 or 0.5% of the total population[5]
Demographics
[edit]According to data from the 2011 census, there were 569 Serbian citizens living in Bulgaria, most of whom were expatriates.[7] According to the 2011 census data reported by Bulgaria's National Council for Interethnic Cooperation and Integration, there were country 313 local Serbs, the majority of whom were descendants of old political emigrants.[8]
Organizations
[edit]In 2010, an Association of the Serbs in Bulgaria was established.[9]
Notable people
[edit]- Ana-Neda – Empress consort of Bulgaria
- Dragana – Empress consort of Bulgaria
- Đoko Rosić – actor
- Miroslav Stefanović-Majstor Miro – chef[10]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 Eurostat, Bulgaria, 2023, Country of citizenship.
- ↑ "Етнически малцинствени общности". Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси.
- ↑ "Етнически малцинствени общности". Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси.
- 1 2 "General results of the population census of 1 January 1881" (in Bulgarian). Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria. p. 11.
- 1 2 3 "Final results of the population census of 1 January 1881" (in Bulgarian). Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria. p. 198, 286.
- ↑ Strashimirov, Anton (1995). Книга за българите [A Book for the Bulgarians]. Sofia: Biblioteka "Vechni knigi na Bŭlgariya" Sibiya Publishing House. p. 30.
- ↑ "2011 Population Census" (PDF). www.nsi.bg. National Statistical Institute. p. 23.
- ↑ "Етнически малцинствени общности". Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси.
- ↑ "Sreckovic on status of Serbs in Bulgaria". emg.rs. Ekonom:east Media Group. 9 June 2010.
- ↑ "МАЙСТОР МИРО - НАЙ-ОБИЧАНИЯТ СЪРБИН В БЪЛГАРИЯ" (in Bulgarian).
External links
[edit]- Radosavljević, Nedeljko. "Симо Соколов и српска емиграција у Бугарској 1883–1886.(документи)." Мешовита грађа 34 (2013): 233–267.