Vajska
# Vajska

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 / ﻿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 name Labudnjača is derived from Serbian labud 'swan'.

## 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.

## Demographics

The population of the village numbered 2,834 people as of the 2011 census. 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

* Map of the Bač municipality showing the location of Vajska.
* Saint George the Martyr Catholic church.
