Vajska

Vajska
Вајска
Map of Vajska and other settlements in the neighborhood
Vajska
Coordinates: 45°25′N 19°07′E / 45.417°N 19.117°E / 45.417; 19.117
Country  Serbia
Province  Vojvodina
Municipality Bač
Population (2002)
 • Total 3,169
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска  listen ) 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 nameLabudnjača is derived from the Serbian word "labud" ("swan" in English).

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

See also

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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