Bulgarians in Hungary

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National Assembly of Hungary on 7 July 1993.[1] They number 2,316 and amount to 0.02% of the country's total population according to the 2001 census,[2] but are estimated between 2,000 and 7,000 according to different authors.[3]

History

In the

Sermon and Menumorut are mentioned as the lords of Syrmia, Banat, Bačka and parts of Transylvania proper in the 9th-11th centuries according to the Gesta Hungarorum
.

The northern Hungarian town of

Chiprovtsi Uprising. A village near Visegrád was called Bolgár falu ("Bulgarian village") in the 16th century; Bulgarian refugees fleeing the Ottoman rule are first mentioned as inhabitants of this area on 30 December 1428. Gradually, however, these Bulgarians were assimilated into the Magyar population.[5]

A number of

Roman Catholic Banat Bulgarians settled in what is today Hungary as a secondary migration,[6] establishing an early and small Banat Bulgarian community in Hungary. In Bulgarian interwar publications, their number is rounded and possibly overestimated at 10,000.[7]

However, the Bulgarian ethnic community is largely descended from

Pest, Buda and Kecskemét) numbered 2,815, and their population had not changed significantly in 1870.[6]

The oldest Bulgarian organization in Hungary, the Association of Bulgarians in Hungary, was founded in 1914 on the initiative of Lazar Ivanov from Teteven. The Bulgarian Church Community was founded in 1916 and the first Bulgarian school in 1918.[8] Since then, the Bulgarian community has diversified to a great extent.[3]

The Bulgarian Orthodox church of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Ferencváros, Budapest was constructed in 1932.[9] A Bulgarian newspaper, Balgarski vesti, and a Bulgarian magazine, Hemus, are published by the Bulgarian community, as well as various books. There exist a number of folk dance groups, a theatre, several orchestras, a Bulgarian school for the native language and a Bulgarian-Hungarian secondary school for languages named after Hristo Botev.

Number and share

Censuses

Number of Bulgarians according to the census over the years by counties:[10][11]

2001 2011
Hungary 2 316 6 272
Baranya 86 204
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
93 335
Budapest 1 207 2 271
Bács-Kiskun 49 231
Békés 46 103
Csongrád
73 171
Fejér 39 157
Győr-Moson-Sopron 25 256
Hajdú-Bihar
83 341
Heves 17 108
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
35 172
Komárom-Esztergom 58 162
Nógrád 21 55
Pest 322 1 052
Somogy 38 99
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
43 171
Tolna 22 73
Vas 11 96
Veszprém 25 138
Zala 23 77

People

See also

References

  1. ^ "Self-government in Hungary: the Romani/Gypsy experience and prospects for the future". Project on ethnic relations. Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
  2. ^ "1.1 Factors influencing the ethnic affiliation of the population, 2001". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
  3. ^ a b c Ватова, Пенка. "Няколко опорни исторически факта". Корените и короната (in Bulgarian). Словото. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
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  5. ^ Király, Péter (2002). Die Čiprovecer in Ungarn (in German). Budapest: ELTE Szláv Intézet.
  6. ^ a b c Ченгова-Менхарт, Пенка. "Първите" (in Bulgarian). Website of the Bulgarian community in Hungary. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
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  8. ^ "Дружеството на българите в Унгария" (in Bulgarian). Website of the Bulgarian community in Hungary. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
  9. ^ "Българска православна църква" (in Bulgarian). Website of the Bulgarian community in Hungary. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
  10. ^ "Ethnic composition: 2001 census". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  11. ^ "Ethnic composition, all places: 2001 census (járás division)". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2016-04-15.

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