The Hungarian

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

( Croatian: ''Hrvati u Mađarskoj''; ) are an

ethnic minority The term "minority group" has different meanings, depending on the context. According to common usage, it can be defined simply as a group in society with the least number of individuals, or less than half of a population. Usually a minority g ...

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. According to the 2011 census, there were 26,774 Croats in Hungary or 0.3% of population.National data - 4.1.6.1 Population by nationality, 2011
/ref> Croats of Hungary belong to several ethnographic subgroups. The following groups called themselves through history as Croats:

Bunjevci Bunjevci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Bunjevci, Буњевци, ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevac, Буњевац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Bunjevka, Буњевка) are a South Slavs, South Slavic sub-ethnic ...

(Danubian Croats),

Burgenland Croats Burgenland Croats (, , , ) are ethnic Croats in the Austrian state of Burgenland, along with Croats in neighboring Hungary and Slovakia. Around 320,000 residents of Austria identify as of Croat heritage; 56,785 have, as sole or multiple natio ...

, Podravina Croats, Pomurje Croats, and

Šokci Šokci ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Šokci, Шокци, , ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Šokac, Шокац, sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=, separator=" / ", Šokica, Шокица; ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native t ...

. These Croats live along the Croatian-Hungarian border, along the Austrian-Hungarian border, and Serbian-Hungarian border.

Ethnology

The common ethnonym and autonym is ''horvátok'' (Croats). In Baranya, there is a community of Croats with Bosnian Catholic origin which is known as ''bosnyákok'' (Bosniaks) (, singular ''Bošnjak''; , in Hungarian literature also ''Baranyai bosnyákok''). They live in Baranya, in the city of

Pécs Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the c ...

, also in the villages Kökény, Szemely, Udvar, Szalánta (they came there in the 18th century; today they make 32% of the village population),

Pécsudvard Pécsudvard is a village in Baranya county, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to ...

,Ansambl narodnih plesova Tanac
Németi, Pogány Sanja Vulić: O govorima Bošnjaka u Mađarskoj, objavljeno na Internetu 09. ožujka 2007. na www.podravina.net et cetera. Until recently, Croat Bosniak Catholics were the significant community in

Áta Áta () is a village in Baranya (county), Baranya county, Hungary. The 2019 ''Gazetteer of Hungary'' shows the population of Áta to be 159 and its area to cover . Áta railway station to the east of the village is on the Pécs–Villány–Magyar ...

, Szőke and

Szőkéd Szőkéd is a village in Baranya county, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to th ...

, but those Croats have significantly magyarized. In the village of Hercegszántó there is a community of

(). In Bács-Kiskun, the community of

() declare as Bunjevci or Croats. Croats immigrated in the Early modern period.

Geography

Croat communities are scattered in several parts of Hungary, mostly in the western and southern part of the country, and along the

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, including Budapest with neighbourhood. According to 2011 population census, 7,185 Croats live in

Baranya County Baranya (, ; German language, German:Croatian language, Croatian:'' Baranjska županija'') is a Counties of Hungary, county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya (region), B ...

, 3,770 in

Zala County Zala (, ; ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci County, Koprivnica–Križevci and Me� ...

, 3,502 in

Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun (, ) is a county (''vármegye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created by the merger of the pre-World War II Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. With an area of 8,445 km2, ...

, 3,197 in

Vas County Vas (, ; ; or ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project. Geography Vas County lies in weste ...

, 3,028 in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, 2,186 in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, 1,547 in

Somogy County Somogy (, ; ; , ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica- ...

, 980 in Pest County, 358 in Csongrád-Csanád County, 353 in

Fejér County Fejér (, ) is an administrative county in central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom County ...

, 178 in

Tolna County Tolna (, ; ) is an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus or vármegye) in present-day Hungary as it was in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borde ...

, and 131 in Veszprém County..

Cultural institutions

* Scientific Institute of Croats of Hungary * Croat Theatre of Pécs *'' Hrvatski glasnik'', magazine Day of Croats of Hungary (Croatian: ''Dan Hrvata u Mađarskoj'') is celebrated on St. Martin's Day (11th October).

Notable people

Notable Hungarian Croats or Hungarians of Croat descent: *

Flórián Albert Flórián György Albert (15 September 1941 – 31 October 2011) was a Hungarian professional football player, manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor", he played as a forwa ...

, footballer (

father). * Ivan Antunović (), Catholic bishop (

) *

Blanka Bíró Blanka Böde-Bíró (; born 22 September 1994) is a Hungarian handball goalkeeper for Ferencvárosi TC (women's handball), Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungarian national team. Career Böde-Bíró made her se ...

, Hungarian handballer * István Blazsetin () * István Gyurity (), Hungarian actor * György Garics (), Hungarian footballer * Gyula Lóránt (born Lipovics), Hungarian footballer * Miklós Páncsics, footballer.Hrvatski glasnik br.29/2008.
Ulica Nikole Pančića u Gari, 17 July 2008, p. 15 * Petar Pekić (), Croatian historian (Bunjevci)

Sources and references

*
Croatica Kht.
Dinko Šokčević: Povijest Hrvata u Mađarskoj

External links

Radio Croatica
Znanstveni skup o bošnjačkim Hrvatima u Kukinju, November 22, 2008

Dinko Šokčević: Bosnyák-horvátok
Honismeret
dr Gábriel András: Bosnyákok Baranyában * {{Portal bar, Croatia, Hungary

Ethnic groups in Hungary *