Serbs in Bulgaria

Serbs in Bulgaria

Сърби в България Срби у Бугарској Srbi u Bugarskoj
Total population
569 Serbian citizens (2011) [1]
Languages
Serbian and Bulgarian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy

Serbs in Bulgaria are Bulgarian citizens of ethnic Serb descent and/or Serbia-born persons living in Bulgaria. According to data from the 2011 census, there were 569 Serbian citizens in the country. ^[1]

History

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 ^{[2] [ permanent dead link ]}
  • Kula Subdistrict: 1,083 or 3.5% of the total population ^{[3] [ permanent dead link ]}
    • Brakevtsi, Brakevtsi municipality: 1,067 (only Serb majority-settlement in Bulgaria, settled by Serbs in late Ottoman times, after the local Bulgarian population had emigrated to Bessarabia; Brakevtsi was ceded to Serbia in 1919) ^[4]
  • Vidin Subdistrict: 165 or 0.4% of the total population ^[3]
• Sofia District: 258 or 0.2% of the total population ^[2]
  • Sofia Subdistrict: 243 or 0.5% of the total population ^[3]

Demographics

According to data from the 2011 census, there were 569 Serbian citizens living in Bulgaria, most of whom were recent immigrants. ^[1] According to the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues by the Bulgarian Government, there were 313 local Serbs in the country, in 2011, most of whom were descendants of old political emigrants. ^[5]

Organizations

In 2010, an Association of the Serbs in Bulgaria was established. ^[6]

Notable people

• Ana-Neda – Empress consort of Bulgaria
• Dragana – Empress consort of Bulgaria
• Đoko Rosić – actor
• Miroslav Stefanović-Majstor Miro – chef ^[7]

See also

• Serbia portal
• Bulgaria portal

• Immigration to Bulgaria
• Serbian diaspora
• Bulgaria–Serbia relations

References

1. "2011 Population Census" (PDF). www.nsi.bg. National Statistical Institute. p. 23.
2. "General results of the population census of 1 January 1881" (in Bulgarian). Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria. p. 11.
3. "Final results of the population census of 1 January 1881" (in Bulgarian). Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria. p. 198, 286.
4. Strashimirov, Anton (1995). Книга за българите[A Book for the Bulgarians]. Sofia: Biblioteka "Vechni knigi na Bŭlgariya" Sibiya Publishing House. p. 30.
5. "Етнически малцинствени общности". Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси.
6. "Sreckovic on status of Serbs in Bulgaria". emg.rs. Ekonom:east Media Group. 9 June 2010.
7. "МАЙСТОР МИРО - НАЙ-ОБИЧАНИЯТ СЪРБИН В БЪЛГАРИЯ" (in Bulgarian).

External links

• Radosavljević, Nedeljko. "Симо Соколов и српска емиграција у Бугарској 1883–1886.(документи)." Мешовита грађа 34 (2013): 233–267.