Slovaks in Serbia
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 41,730 Serbian citizens, 0.63% of Serbia's population (2022) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Vojvodina | 39,807 |
| Languages | |
| Slovak and Serbian | |
| Religion | |
| Lutheranism | |
According to the 2022 census, Slovaks (
Roman Catholic
, unlike most Slovaks in Slovakia.
Demographics
Most Slovaks live in
Kovačica and Bački Petrovac
are the cultural centres of Slovaks in Vojvodina. Slovak is one of the six official languages of the provincial administration in Vojvodina.
The settlements in Vojvodina with absolute or relative Slovak majority are:
- Bački Petrovac (Bački Petrovac municipality)
- Kulpin (Bački Petrovac municipality)
- Gložan (Bački Petrovac municipality)
- Kisač (Novi Sad municipality)
- Pivnice (Bačka Palanka municipality)
- Lalić (Odžaci municipality)
- Selenča (Bač municipality)
- Lug (Beočin municipality)
- Ljuba (Šidmunicipality)
- Kovačicamunicipality)
- Kovačicamunicipality)
- Belo Blato (Zrenjanin municipality)
- Hajdučica (Plandište municipality)
- Janošik (Alibunar municipality)
- Slankamenački Vinogradi (Inđija municipality)
History
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The modern Slovaks in Vojvodina are descendants of 18th- and 19th-century settlers, who migrated from the territory of present-day
Maria Theresa) in Bezdan. Some of them also later moved to Srem. In 1760, 120 Slovak families were settled in Selenča, but they later moved to Stara Pazova
in Srem.
In 1783, Slovaks settled in
Stara Palanka, and in 1793 in Novi Slankamen. In 1784–1787, Slovaks settled in Slovanski Bardan. In 1792 Slovaks settled in Bačka Palanka. Some of them moved in 1788 to Aradac and Ečka, and some of them later also moved to Lalić
.
In 1800, Slovaks settled in
.According to the 1880 census, Slovaks were the sixth largest ethnic group within present-day Vojvodina, and their number was 43,318. Until the end of the
First World War, many of the Slovaks were Hungarized
. According to the 2011 census, numbering 52,570, Slovaks are the sixth largest ethnic group in Serbia.
Notable people
- Miroslav Benka, screenwriter, director, designer and university pedagogue
- Zuzana Chalupová (Zuzana Halupova), naïve painter
- Dominik Dinga, footballer
See also
- Serbia-Slovakia relations
- Serbs in Slovakia
- Slovak diaspora
- Ethnic groups in Serbia
- TV Petrovec, television channel for the Slovak national minority in Serbia
References
External sources
- Borislav Jankulov, Pregled kolonizacije Vojvodine u XVIII i XIX veku, Novi Sad - Pančevo, 2003.
External links
- Vojvodinian Slovaks contemporary and native art (in Slovak, Serbian, and English)
- Ústav pre kultúru vojvodinských Slovákov | slovackizavod.org.rs (in Slovak, Serbian, and English)
- Matica slovenská v Srbsku (in Slovak)
- Hlas Ľudu weekly magazine (in Slovak)
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