Malajnica (Romanian: Mălainița; Serbian Cyrillic: Малајница) is a village in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 683 people.[1]

Malajnica Малајница Mălainița
Village
Malajnica
Coordinates: 44°17′43″N 22°23′8″E
Country	Serbia
District	Bor District
Municipality	Negotin
Population  (2002)
• Total	683
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

• Serbs = 364
• Vlachs = 225
• Romanians = 4
• Croats = 1
• undeclared = 42
• unknown = 47

Politics

In 2004, the Romanian Orthodox Church, Malajnica, the first Romanian Church was built in eastern Serbia in two centuries.[2][3] The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia drew attention to the situation of the Romanian people living there, and to their right to preserve their national identity.[4][5] The president of Romania Traian Băsescu visited the village on November 2, 2011.[6][7]

Notable people

• Bojan Aleksandrović, vicar of Mălainița and Remesiana and presbyter of Dacia Ripensis.

References

External links

• Vizita a lui Basescu la Malajnica Serbia Negotin 2 noiembrie 2011
• Hramul Bisericii din Mălainița/ Sărbătoare românească în Valea Timocului la Biserica părintelui Boian Alexandrovici
• President of Romania, Traian Basescu in Negotin, Malajnica, with Romanians from the Timok^{[permanent dead link]}