Slovenes of Croatia

Slovenes of Croatia
*Slovenci u Hrvatskoj*
Total population
	10,517
Regions with significant populations
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	2,300
Zagreb	2,132
Istria County	1,793
Languages
	Slovene; Croatian
Religion
	Roman Catholicism

Slovenes of Croatia (Croatian: Slovenci Hrvatske, Slovene: Slovenci na Hrvaškem) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia. According to 2011 census, there were 10,517 Slovenes in Croatia, with majority (approximately 60%) living in only three counties Istria County, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and consolidated city-county Zagreb.^[2]

Slovenes are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of four other national minorities.^[3]

^ "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti, popisi 1971. - 2011" (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference Census2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Pravo pripadnika nacionalnih manjina u Republici Hrvatskoj na zastupljenost u Hrvatskom saboru". Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-12-29.

[Census-1] "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti, popisi 1971. - 2011" (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[Census2011-2] Cite error: The named reference Census2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Pravo pripadnika nacionalnih manjina u Republici Hrvatskoj na zastupljenost u Hrvatskom saboru". Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-12-29.

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Total population
10,517^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Primorje-Gorski Kotar	2,300
Zagreb	2,132
Istria County	1,793
Languages
Slovene Croatian
Religion
Roman Catholicism