Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска listen (help·info); 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
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Coordinates: 45°25′N 19°07′E
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)

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

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.

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