Montenegrins of Croatia

The Montenegrins of Croatia are a national minority in the republic. According to the 2001 census, there are 4,926 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.[1]

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Distribution of ethnic Montenegrins in Croatia by counties

County Number % of all Montenegrins in Croatia
City of Zagreb 1,313 26.65%
Istria County 732 14.86%
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 643 13.05%
Split-Dalmatia County 593 12.04%
Dubrovnik-Neretva County 370 7.51%
Osijek-Baranja County 352 7.15%
Zagreb County 135 2.74%
Vukovar-Srijem County 119 2.41%
Zadar County 112 2.27%
Bjelovar-Bilogora County 83 1.68%
Sibenik-Knin County 75 1.52%
Karlovac County 74 1.50%
Sisak-Moslavina County 70 1.42%
Brod-Posavina County 54 1.10%
Virovitica-Podravina County 43 0.87%
Varazdin County 42 0.85%
Međimurje County 31 0.63%
Koprivnica-Krizevci County 29 0.59%
Pozega-Slavonia County 22 0.45%
Krapina-Zagorje County 13 0.26%
Lika-Senj County 8 0.16%
Total 4,926 100%

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References

  1. ^ "Pravo pripadnika nacionalnih manjina u Republici Hrvatskoj na zastupljenost u Hrvatskom saboru" (in Croatian). Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor. Croatian Parliament. http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?art=1874. Retrieved 2011-12-29. 

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