Montenegrins of Croatia
The Montenegrins of Croatia are a national minority in the republic. According to the 2011 census, there are 4,517 ethnic Montenegrins in Croatia. The highest number of Montenegrins in Croatia is in the Croatian capital Zagreb.
Montenegrins 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.
History
In 1657, the Doge of Venice Bertuccio Valiero, resettled Peroj with five families from the Cernizza region in Montenegro. Following the Cretan War of 1645–1669, twenty other families originally from Montenegro migrated to Peroj. Today Peroj is the centre of the Montenegrins in Istria County.Demographics
Montenegrins in Croatia 2001:| County | Number | % of all Montenegrins in Croatia |
| City of Zagreb | 1,313 | 26.65% |
| Istria County | 732 | 14.86% |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | 643 | 13.05% |
| Split-Dalmatia County | 593 | 12.04% |
| Dubrovnik-Neretva County | 370 | 7.51% |
| Osijek-Baranja County | 352 | 7.15% |
| Zagreb County | 135 | 2.74% |
| Vukovar-Srijem County | 119 | 2.41% |
| Zadar County | 112 | 2.27% |
| Bjelovar-Bilogora County | 83 | 1.68% |
| Sibenik-Knin County | 75 | 1.52% |
| Karlovac County | 74 | 1.50% |
| Sisak-Moslavina County | 70 | 1.42% |
| Brod-Posavina County | 54 | 1.10% |
| Virovitica-Podravina County | 43 | 0.87% |
| Varazdin County | 42 | 0.85% |
| Međimurje County | 31 | 0.63% |
| Koprivnica-Krizevci County | 29 | 0.59% |
| Pozega-Slavonia County | 22 | 0.45% |
| Krapina-Zagorje County | 13 | 0.26% |
| Lika-Senj County | 8 | 0.16% |
| Total | 4,926 | 100% |
Montenegrins in Croatia 2011:
| County | Number | % of all Montenegrins in Croatia |
| City of Zagreb | 1,191 | 26.37% |
| Istria County | 759 | 16.80% |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | 642 | 14.21% |
| Split-Dalmatia County | 485 | 10.74% |
| Osijek-Baranja County | 319 | 7.06% |
| Dubrovnik-Neretva County | 307 | 6.80% |
| Zagreb County | 130 | 2.88% |
| Zadar County | 100 | 2.21% |
| Vukovar-Srijem County | 97 | 2.15% |
| Sisak-Moslavina County | 68 | 1.51% |
| Sibenik-Knin County | 66 | 1.46% |
| Bjelovar-Bilogora County | 63 | 1.39% |
| Karlovac County | 62 | 1.37% |
| Varazdin County | 43 | 0.95% |
| Virovitica-Podravina County | 42 | 0.93% |
| Brod-Posavina County | 41 | 0.91% |
| Koprivnica-Krizevci County | 36 | 0.80% |
| Međimurje County | 26 | 0.58% |
| Lika-Senj County | 16 | 0.35% |
| Pozega-Slavonia County | 14 | 0.31% |
| Krapina-Zagorje County | 10 | 0.22% |
| Total | 4,517 | 100% |