Vajska

Vajska Вајска (Serbian)
Village (Selo)
Labudnjača
Map of Vajska and other settlements in the neighborhood
Vajska Map of Vajska and other settlements in the neighborhood
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  (2002)
• Total	3,169
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска listen (help·info)) 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[]

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

Demographics[]

The population of the village numbering 3,169 people (2002 census), including 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

Gallery[]

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  Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Vajska.

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  Saint George the Martyr Catholic church.

See also[]

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

References[]

• Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

Coordinates: 45°25′N 19°07′E / 45.417°N 19.117°E / 45.417; 19.117

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