Albanians in Bulgaria

Albanians in Bulgaria
Shqiptarët në Bullgari
Албанци в България
Total population
220 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
Mandritsa, Sofia
Languages
Albanian, Bulgarian
Religion
Sunni Islam, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Bulgarians in Albania, Albanians of Romania
Ethnic map of the Balkans from 1861, by G. Lejean. The map also represents a small area east of modern Asenovgrad, populated by Albanian community.

Albanians (Bulgarian: албанци, albantsi) are a minority ethnic group in Bulgaria (Albanian: Bullgaria). Although according to the 2011 census they only numbered 220,[1] their number in the Bulgarian lands was much larger in the past. Between the 15th and 17th century, groups of Albanians (both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox by confession) settled in many parts of modern northern Bulgaria, with a less numerous group of settlers in southern Thrace. Afterwards they were fully assimilated in the neighboring Bulgarian communities.

  1. ^ "Етнически малцинствени общности" (in Bulgarian). Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и демографските въпроси. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2007-02-18.

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