Serbian Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Komárno | |
Total population | |
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3,600 (estimate) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Komárno Bratislava | |
Languages | |
Serbian, Slovakian | |
Religion | |
Serbian Orthodox Church | |
Related ethnic groups | |
South Slavs |
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There is a small number of Serbs in Slovakia, mostly located in the southern town of Komárno, where they have been living since the 17th century. [1] There has also been a historic minority in Bratislava ( Požun), where many Habsburg Serbs studied. The number of Slovaks of Serb descent is hard to determine but nevertheless they are recognized as an official minority. [2]
The Association of Serbs in Slovakia claim that 2,784 Serbs, born outside Slovakia, currently live in Slovakia, while another 800 Slovaks are of Serb descent. [3] However, at the 2011 census, only 698 people claimed the Serbian ethnicity. [4] Partially descent of Serb origin coming from marriage mostly from Serbian men and Slovakian women.