Malajnica
# Malajnica

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.

## Ethnic groups (2002 census)

* Serbs = 364
* "Vlachs" (Romanians) = 225
* Romanians (self-declared) = 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. 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. The president of Romania Traian Băsescu visited the village on November 2, 2011.

## Notable people

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