Vajska

Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска listen ; Romanian: Vaisca) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. Two neighbouring settlements, Labudnjača (Serbian Cyrillic: Лабудњача; 45°27′N 19°02′E) and Živa, are also officially regarded as parts of Vajska although they are physically separated from it. The name Labudnjača is derived from Serbian labud 'swan'.

Vajska
Вајска (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Labudnjača
Map of Vajska and other settlements in the neighborhood
Vajska
Vajska
Vajska
Coordinates: 45°25′N 19°07′E
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
RegionBačka (Podunavlje)
DistrictSouth Bačka
MunicipalityBač
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,834
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Name

In Serbian the village is known as Vajska (Вајска), in Croatian as Vajska, in Hungarian as Vajszka or Józsefháza, in German as Wajska and in Romanian as Vaisca.

Demographics

The population of the village numbered 2,834 people as of the 2011 census.[1] In 2002, the population included 1,319 Serbs, 569 Romanians, 353 Croats, 341 Hungarians, 207 Yugoslavs, and others.

Historical population
  • 1961: 4,355
  • 1971: 3,798
  • 1981: 3,448
  • 1991: 3,272
  • 2002: 3,169
  • Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Vajska.
  • Saint George the Martyr Catholic church.

See also

References
  1. "COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF POPULATION IN 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 AND 2011" (PDF). Publikacije Stat. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2022.
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

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