Vajska Explained

Official Name:Vajska
Settlement Type:Village (Selo)
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Serbia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Bačka (Podunavlje)
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:South Bačka
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Bač
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:2,834
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:45.4167°N 26°W

Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска ; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: 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: Лабудњача; 45.45°N 21°W) and Živa, are also officially regarded as parts of Vajska although they are physically separated from it. The name Labudnjača is derived .

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.

History

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

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

See also

References

45.4167°N 26°W

Notes and References

  1. Srpska pobuna u selima vukovarske općine 1990. - 1991. . hr . Serb Rebelion in the Villages of Vukovar Municipality 1990. - 1991. . Vladimir . Filipović . Scrinia Slavonica . 22 . 1 . 2022 . 291–319 . Department for the History of Slavonia, Srijem and Baranja of the Croatian Institute of History . 10.22586/ss.22.1.9 . 4 December 2022 . . free .
  2. Web site: 2014. COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF POPULATION IN 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 AND 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120102835/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2014/Pdf/G20144008.pdf. 20 January 2022. Publikacije Stat. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.