page_title: Vlachs in Bulgaria
hierarchical_section_title: Vlachs in Bulgaria
caption_attribution_description: Ethnic map of Bulgaria, according to the census from 1892
context_page_description: Vlachs, are a community concentrated in the Vidin Province in the northwestern part of Bulgaria. Most of this people declare themselves vlasi when asked in Bulgarian. The Vlachs in Bulgaria are not recognized as a national minority, and as an ethnic group and they don't have ethnic rights in schools or churches since the Interwar period.
  The Romance-speaking community in Bulgaria are roughly divided into the "White Vlachs" of Vidin and "Kutzo-Vlachs" of the Rhodopes. A part of the Vidin Vlachs is identified as Romanians, however, the Bulgarian state identifies them as Vlachs and not Romanians.
context_section_description: Vlachs (Bulgarian: власи/vlasi, autonymed Rumâni; Romanian: români, rumâni), are a community concentrated in the Vidin Province in the northwestern part of Bulgaria. Most of this people declare themselves vlasi (Vlachs) when asked in Bulgarian (e.g. on the census). The Vlachs in Bulgaria are not recognized as a national minority, and as an ethnic group and they don't have ethnic rights in schools or churches since the Interwar period.
  The Romance-speaking community in Bulgaria (the vlasi) are roughly divided into the "White Vlachs" of Vidin and "Kutzo-Vlachs" of the Rhodopes. A part of the Vidin Vlachs is identified as Romanians, however, the Bulgarian state identifies them as Vlachs and not Romanians.
caption: Ethnic map of Bulgaria according to the census results from 1892 (Blue denotes regions with a Romanian minority)
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