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There is a sizable Romani minority in Romania, known as Ţigani in Romanian and, recently, as Rromi, of 621,573 people or 3.3% of the total population (2011 census), although the Council of Europe estimates the figure to be 1.85 million people or 8.32% of the population. [127]
Its population is mixed Bulgarians and Roma Shesti neighborhood Nova Zagora: 10,000 Probuda neighborhood Burgas: 7,277 The majority of today's population is Roma Karmen neighborhood Kazanlak: 7,000 Lozenets neighborhood Stara Zagora: 5,000 Filipovtsi neighborhood gypsy part Sofia: 4,659 ~100% Gradets: village Kotel, Sliven: 3,759 2,970 79.01%
[78] [83] [84] Although they are widely dispersed, their most concentrated populations are believed to be in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia. [85] [86] [87] In the English language, Romani people have long been known by the exonym Gypsies or Gipsies, [88] which many Roma consider to be an ethnic slur.
The accession of Romania to the European Union in 2007 led many members of the Romani minority, the most socially disadvantaged ethnic group in Romania, to migrate en masse to various Western European countries (mostly to Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Sweden) hoping to find a better life.
They travelled around in search of employment and practised traditional professions like chair bottomers, tinsmiths, broom binders, traders, peddlers, artisans, etc. [1] As of 2018, some 30,000–60,000 Travellers live in the Netherlands, [2] most of whom are Catholics living in the south of the country. [3]
According to the last census from 2021, there were 67,179 persons counted as Romani people in Slovakia (Slovak: Rómovia na Slovensku), or 1.23% of the population. [1] However, the number of Roma is usually underreported, with estimates placing the Roma population at 7–11% of the population. Thus the actual number of Roma may be over half a ...
Romani people in Hungary (also known as roma or Romani Hungarians; Hungarian: magyarországi romák, magyar cigányok) are Hungarian citizens of Romani descent.According to the 2011 census, they comprise 3.18% of the total population, which alone makes them the largest minority in the country, [21] although various estimations have put the number of Romani people as high as 8.8% of the total ...
The preceding 1992 census recorded 313,396 Romani (3.7% of the population), while a secret backstage 1992 census ordered by the Ministry of Interior recorded a figure of 550,000 Romani (6.5% of the population); the Ministry of Interior ordered at least two other secret censuses to enumerate the Romani in denial, the one in 1980 recorded 523,519 ...