The

Montenegrins Montenegrins ( cnr, Црногорци, Crnogorci, or ; lit. "Black Mountain People") are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common Montenegrin culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Genetics Accordin ...

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are a

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in the republic. According to the 2011 census, there are 4,517 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

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, shared with members of four other national minorities.

History

In 1657, the Doge of Venice Bertuccio Valiero, resettled

Peroj Peroj ( cnr, Перој) is a village in the Town of Vodnjan on the south-western coast of Istria, Croatia. Peroj originally dates back to the Copper Age of prehistory, as testified by a necropolis within the old walls of the town. The town has be ...

with five families (Brcela, Draković, Brajić, Vučeta, and Ljubotina) from the Cernizza region in Montenegro. Following the Cretan War of 1645–1669, twenty other families originally from Montenegro migrated to Peroj. Today Peroj is the centre of the Montenegrins in

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Demographics

Montenegrins in census for 2001 and 2011:

References

Sources

2001 census of Croatia

External links

National Union of Montenegrins in RijekaCouncil of the Montenegrin National Minority in the City of Zagreb