Czechs of Romania

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The Czechs (Češi in Czech, Cehi in Romanian) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 3938 people according to the 2002 census. The majority of Romanian Czechs live in the south-west of the contry, with around 60% of them living in Caraş-Severin County, where they make up 0.7% of the population.

As an officially-recognised ethnic minority, Czechs have one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies.

[edit] Notable Czech-Romanians

  • Anton Chladek, painter
  • Anton Vorel, herbalist
  • Lascăr Vorel, painter
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Ethnic groups of Romania

Romanians (89.5%)

Officially-recognised minorities: Hungarians (6.6%) · Roma (2.5%) · Ukrainians (0.3%) · Germans (0.3%) · Russians/Lipovans (0.2%) · Turks (0.2%) · Serbs (0.1%) · Tatars (0.1%) · Slovaks (0.1%) · Bulgarians · Jews · Croats · Greeks (0.04%)· Czechs · Poles · Italians · Armenians · Macedonians · Albanians · Ruthenians

Other minorities: Székely · Aromanians · Chinese · Csángó · Krashovani

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