Vajska

Village in Vojvodina, Serbia

Vajska

Вајска (Serbian)

Village (Selo)

Labudnjača

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Coordinates: 45°25′N 19°07′E﻿ / ﻿45.417°N 19.117°E﻿ / 45.417; 19.117
Country|  Serbia
Province|  Vojvodina
Region| Bačka (Podunavlje)
District| South Bačka
Municipality| Bač
Population

(2011)

• Total

| 2,834
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

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 / ﻿45.450°N 19.033°E﻿ / 45.450; 19.033) 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'.

## Name

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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.

## History

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During the early stage of the Yugoslav Wars and following the Battle of Borovo Selo in neighbouring Croatia, Danube river link was established between Vajska and Borovo 4 of May 1991 which during its operation reportedly served between 10-30,000 passengers including Croat refugees leaving the village of Borovo.[1]

## Demographics

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

## Historical population

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* 1961: 4,355
* 1971: 3,798
* 1981: 3,448
* 1991: 3,272
* 2002: 3,169

## Gallery

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* Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Vajska.

* Saint George the Martyr Catholic church.

## See also

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* List of places in Serbia
* List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina

## References

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1. ^ Filipović, Vladimir (2022). "Srpska pobuna u selima vukovarske općine 1990. - 1991" [Serb Rebelion in the Villages of Vukovar Municipality 1990. - 1991.]. Scrinia Slavonica (in Croatian). 22 (1). Department for the History of Slavonia, Srijem and Baranja of the Croatian Institute of History: 291–319. doi:10.22586/ss.22.1.9. Retrieved 4 December 2022 - via Hrčak.
2. ^ "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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Cities, towns and villages in the South Bačka District

Seat of the district: Novi Sad

Novi Sad1|

* Begeč
* Budisava
* Čenej
* Futog
* Kać
* Kisač
* Kovilj
* Rumenka
* Stepanovićevo
* Veternik

Petrovaradin1|

* Bukovac
* Ledinci
* Sremska Kamenica
* Stari Ledinci

Bač|

* Bačko Novo Selo
* Bođani
* Plavna
* Selenča
* Vajska

Bačka Palanka|

* Čelarevo
* Despotovo
* Gajdobra
* Karađorđevo
* Mladenovo
* Neštin
* Nova Gajdobra
* Obrovac
* Parage
* Pivnice
* Silbaš
* Tovariševo
* Vizić

Bački Petrovac|

* Gložan
* Kulpin
* Maglić

Bečej|

* Bačko Gradište
* Bačko Petrovo Selo
* Mileševo
* Radičević

Beočin|

* Banoštor
* Čerević
* Grabovo
* Lug
* Rakovac
* Susek
* Sviloš

Srbobran|

* Nadalj
* Turija

Sremski Karlovci|

Temerin|

* Bački Jarak
* Sirig

Titel|

* Gardinovci
* Lok
* Mošorin
* Šajkaš
* Vilovo

Vrbas|

* Bačko Dobro Polje
* Kosančić
* Kucura
* Ravno Selo
* Savino Selo
* Zmajevo

Žabalj|

* Čurug
* Đurđevo
* Gospođinci

(*) bold are municipalities or cities, 1 - Novi Sad`s urban municipalities, which aren't fully formed

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