The Hungarian Croats are an ethnic minority

Minority group

A minority is a sociological group within a demographic. The demographic could be based on many factors from ethnicity, gender, wealth, power, etc. The term extends to numerous situations, and civilizations within history, despite the misnomer of minorities associated with a numerical statistic...

 in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. According to the 2001 census, there were 25,730 Croats in Hungary or 0.26% of population.

Croats of Hungary belong to several ethnic subgroups. Following Croat ethnic groups called themselves through history as Croats: Burgenland Croats

Burgenland Croats

Burgenland Croats are ethnic Croats in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Although an enclave hundreds of kilometres away from their original homeland, they have managed to preserve culture and language for centuries...

, Podravina Croats, Pomurje Croats. These Croats live along Croatian-Hungarian border and along Austrian-Hungarian border.

There're also Bunjevci

Bunjevci

Bunjevci are a South Slavic community and ethnic group living mostly in the Bačka region of Serbia and southern Hungary...

, Šokci, Tots, Dalmatini.

Geography

Croat communities are scattered in the several parts of Hungary, mostly in the western and southern part of the country, and along the Danube, including Budapest with neighbourhood.

According to 2001 population census, 7294 Croats lived in Baranya County, 3836 in Zala County, 3481 in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, 3215 in Bacs-Kiskun County, 3124 in Vas County, 1525 Croats live in Budapest, 1504 in Somogy County, 721 in Pest County, 262 in Csongrad County, 170 in Tolna County, 157 in Fejer County, 131 in Veszprem County and other.

Cultural institutions

• Scientific Institute of Croats of Hungary
• Croat Theatre of Pécs
  Croat Theatre of Pécs
  The Croat Theatre of Pécs is the professional theatre of Croat minority in Pécs, Hungary.- History :...
  
  
• Hrvatski glasnik

Notable Croats

Notable Hungarian Croats or Hungarians of Croat descent.

• Flórián Albert
• Ivan Antunović
  Ivan Antunovic
  Ivan Antunović was the bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary, Croatian writer and one of the most prominent people among the Bunjevci and Šokci of his time...
  
  
• Stipan Blažetin
  Stipan Blažetin
  István Blazsetin was a Croatian writer, cultural worker and pedagogue from Hungary. According to some authors, he is considered to be a Croatian writer from Vojvodina, Serbia. He wrote poetry, novels and children's literature...
  
  
• Marko Dekić
• András Dugonics (Andrija Dugonić)
• Stipan Đurić (Gyurity István)
• Đuro Franković
• Josip Gujaš Džuretin
• Antun Karagić
• Antun Kričković
• Mihovil Mandić
• Živko Mandić
• Miklós Páncsics
  Miklós Páncsics
  Miklós Páncsics was a Hungarian football defender, who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Honvéd and Bp. Építők. He was of Croat origin ....
  
  
• Mirko Pavić
• Đuro Šarošac
• Mate Šinković
• Dinko Šokčević

Sources and references

Croatica Kht. Dinko Šokčević: Povijest Hrvata u Mađarskoj