Vajska
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| subdivision_name2 = Bačka (Podunavlje)
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| subdivision_name3 = South Bačka
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| subdivision_name4 = Bač
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Vajska (Serbian Cyrillic: Вајска {{Audio|Sr-Vajska.ogg|listen}}; {{langx|ro|Vaisca}}) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Bač municipality, in the South Bačka District, Vojvodina province. Two neighbouring settlements, Labudnjača ({{lang-sr-cyr|Лабудњача}}; {{coord|45|27|N|19|02|E|display=inline}}) and Živa, are also officially regarded as parts of Vajska although they are physically separated from it. The name Labudnjača is derived {{etymology|sr|labud|swan}}.
Name
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.{{cite journal | url = https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/413781 | language = hr | title = Srpska pobuna u selima vukovarske općine 1990. - 1991. | trans-title = Serb Rebelion in the Villages of Vukovar Municipality 1990. - 1991. | first = Vladimir | last = Filipović | journal = Scrinia Slavonica | volume = 22 | number = 1 | year = 2022 | pages = 291–319 | publisher = Department for the History of Slavonia, Srijem and Baranja of the Croatian Institute of History | doi = 10.22586/ss.22.1.9 | access-date = 4 December 2022 | via = Hrčak | doi-access = free }}
Demographics
The population of the village numbered 2,834 people as of the 2011 census.{{Cite web|date=2014|title=COMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF POPULATION IN 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2002 AND 2011|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2014/Pdf/G20144008.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120102835/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2014/Pdf/G20144008.pdf|archive-date=20 January 2022|website=Publikacije Stat|publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia}} 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
File:Bac mun.png|Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Vajska.
File:Vajska,_Catholic_Church.jpg|Saint George the Martyr Catholic church.
See also
References
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- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
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