Area of Settlement and Proportion of The Population
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At the end of the 19th century, the Carinthian Slovenes comprised approximately one quarter to one third of the total population of Carinthia, which then, however, included parts that in the meantime have been ceded. In the course of the 20th century the numbers declined, especially because of the pressure to assimilate, to an official figure of 2.3% of the total population. As the pressure from German came above all from the west and north, the present area of settlement lies in the south and east of the state, in the valleys known in German as Jauntal (in Slovenian: Podjuna), Rosental (Slovenian: Rož), the lower Lavanttal (Labotska dolina), the Sattniz (Gure) mountains between the Drau River and Klagenfurt, and the lower part of Gailtal / Ziljska dolina (to about as far as Tröpolach). Köstenberg and Diex are approximately the most northerly points of current Slovenian settlement. The municipalities with the highest proportion of Carinthian Slovenes are Zell (89%), Globasnitz (42%), and Eisenkappel-Vellach (38%), according to the 2001 special census which inquired about the mother tongue and preferred language. The actual number of Carinthian Slovenes is disputed, as both the representatives of Slovene organizations and the representatives of Carinthian traditional organizations describe the census results as inaccurate. The former point to the, in part, strongly fluctuating census results in individual municipalities, which in their opinion correlate strongly with political tensions in national minority questions. Consequently the results would underestimate the actual number of Carinthian Slovenes. The South Carinthian municipality of Gallizien is cited as an example: according to the 1951 census the proportion of Slovene speakers was 80%, whereas in 1961—in absence of any significant migratory movements and with approximately the same population—the proportion dropped to only 11%.
| Year | Number of Slovenes |
|---|---|
| 1818 | 137,000 |
| 1848 | 114,000 |
| 1880 | 85,051 |
| 1890 | 84,667 |
| 1900 | 75,136 |
| 1910 | 66,463 |
| 1923 | 34,650 |
| 1934 | 24,875 |
| 1939 | 43,179 |
| 1951 | 42,095 |
| 1961 | 24,911 |
| 1971 | 20,972 |
| 1981 | 16,552 |
| 1991 | 14,850 |
| 2001 | 13,109 |
As a further example the results of the former municipality of Mieger (now in the municipality of Ebental), are cited, which in 1910 and 1923 had a Slovene-speaking population of 96% and 51% respectively, but in 1934 only 3%. After World War II and a relaxation of relations between both population groups, the municipality showed a result of 91.5% in the 1951 census. Ultimately, in 1971 in the run-up to the Carinthian place-name signs dispute, the number of Slovenes was reduced again to 24%. Representatives of the Carinthian Slovenes regard the census results as the absolute lower limit. They refer to an investigation carried out in 1991 in bilingual parishes, in the process of which there was a question about the colloquial language used by members of the parish. The results of this investigation (50,000 members of national minority groups) differed significantly from those of the census that took place in the same year (about 14,000). Carinthian traditional organizations, on the other hand, estimate the actual number of self-declared Slovenes as being 2,000 to 5,000 persons.
| Municipalities | Percent of Slovenes 2001 | Percent of Slovenes 1951 | Percent of Slovenes 1880 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egg/Brdo | Part of Hermagor/Šmohor | 56.1% | 95% |
| Görtschach/Goriče | Part of Hermagor/Šmohor | 58.4% | 98.5% |
| St. Stefan im Gailtal/Štefan na Zilji | 1.2% | N.D. | 97.4% |
| Vorderberg/Blače | Part of St. Stefan im Gailtal/Štefan na Zilji | 54.8% | 99.8% |
| Hermagor/Šmohor | 1.6% | N.D | N.D |
| Arnoldstein/Podklošter | 2.1% | 9.2% | 39.7% |
| Augsdorf/Loga vas | Part of Velden am Wörther See/Vrba ob Jezeru | 48.2% | 93.8% |
| Feistritz an der Gail/Bistrica na Zilji | 7.9% | 53.4% | 83.9% |
| Finkenstein/Bekštanj | 5.7% | 24.2% | 96.3% |
| Hohenthurn/Straja vas | 8.3 | 27.1% | 98.9% |
| Köstenberg/Kostanje | Part of Velden am Wörther See/Vrba | 40.1% | 76.1% |
| Ledenitzen/Ledince | Part of Sankt Jakob im Rosental/Šentjakob v Rožu | 37.8% | 96.8% |
| Lind ob Velden/Lipa pri Vrbi | Part of Velden am Wörther See/Vrba | 15.8% | 44.5% |
| Maria Gail/Marija na Zilji | Part of Villach/Beljak | 16.7% | 95.9% |
| Nötsch/Čajna | 0.6% | 3.6% | N.D. |
| Rosegg/Rožek | 6.1% | 32.4% | 96.7% |
| Sankt Jakob im Rosental/Št. Jakob v Rožu | 16.4% | 62.7% | 99.3% |
| Velden am Wörther See/Vrba ob Jezeru | 2.8% | 0.9% | 96.3% |
| Wernberg/Vernberk | 1.0% | 20.5% | 73.2% |
| Ebental/Žrelec | 4.2% | 16.4% | 62.8% |
| Feistritz im Rosental/Bistrica v Rožu | 13.4% | 47.2% | 97.7% |
| Ferlach/Borovlje | 8.3% | 20.5% | 61.4% |
| Grafenstein/Grabštajn | 0.8% | 7.6% | 95.6% |
| Keutschach/Hodiše | 5.6% | 60.6% | 96.5% |
| Köttmannsdorf/Kotmara vas | 6.4% | 45.6% | 95.3% |
| Ludmannsdorf/Bilčovs | 28.3% | 85.0% | 100% |
| Maria Rain/Žihpolje | 3.9% | 10.5% | 55.1% |
| Maria Wörth/Otok | 1.1% | 16.3% | 41.9% |
| Mieger/Medgorje | Part of Ebental/Žrelec | 91.5% | 98.1% |
| Poggersdorf/Pokrče | 1.2 | 2.8% | 87% |
| Radsberg/Radiše | Part of Ebental/Žrelec | 52.0% | 100% |
| Schiefling/Škofiče | 6.0% | 38.4% | 98.9% |
| Sankt Margareten im Rosental/ Šmarjeta v Rožu | 11.8% | 76.8% | 92.4% |
| Magdalensberg/Štalenska gora | 1.5% | 3.1% | N.D. |
| Techelsberg/Teholica | 0.2% | 6.7% | N.D. |
| Unterferlach/Medborovnica | Part of Ferlach/Borovlje | 47.2% | 99.7% |
| Viktring/Vetrinj | Part of Klagenfurt/Celovec | 3.3% | 57.6% |
| Weizelsdorf/Svetna vas | Part of Feistritz im Rosental/Bistrica v Rožu | 69.3% | 100% |
| Windisch Bleiberg/Slovenji Plajberk | Part of Ferlach/Borovlje | 81.3% | 91.7% |
| Zell/Sele | 89.6% | 93.1% | 100% |
| Feistritz ob Bleiburg/Bistrica pri Pliberku | 33.2% | 82.8% | 98.7% |
| Bleiburg/Pliberk | 30.9% | 16.7% | 15.5% |
| Diex/Djekše | 6.9% | 46.1% | 95.8% |
| Eberndorf/Dobrla vas | 8.6% | 47.4% | 90.8% |
| Eisenkappel/Železna Kapla | 38.7% | 20.1% | 48% |
| Gallizien/Galicija | 8.5% | 80.1% | 99.9% |
| Globasnitz/Globasnica | 42.2% | 88.7% | 99.5% |
| Griffen/Grebinj | 1.3% | 34.1% | 83.8% |
| Haimburg/Vovbre | Part of Völkermarkt/Velikovec | 19.9% | 98.2% |
| Loibach/Libuče | Part of Bleiburg/Pliberk | 54.6% | 92.1% |
| Moos/Blato | Part of Bleiburg/Pliberk | 85.8% | 99.8% |
| Neuhaus/Suha | 13.4% | 79.6% | N.D. |
| Ruden/Ruda | 3.9% | 51.7% | 93% |
| Sittersdorf/Žitara vas | 19.8% | 84.4% | 98.2% |
| Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See/Škocijan v Podjuni | 13.2% | 49.3% | 98.4% |
| Sankt Peter am Wallersberg/Št. Peter na Vašinjah | Part of Völkermarkt/Velikovec | 62.6% | 90.7% |
| Tainach/Tinje | Part of Völkermarkt/Velikovec | 11.1% | 95.9% |
| Vellach/Bela | Part of Eisenkappel | 73.8% | 94.2% |
| Völkermarkt/Velikovec | 2.6% | 8.3% | 26.6% |
| Waisenberg/Važenberk | Part of Völkermarkt/Velikovec | 21.0% | 97.4% |
| Municipalities | Percent of Slovenes 2001 | Percent of Slovenes 1951 | Percent of Slovenes 1880 |
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