Raków, Opole Voivodeship
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  Raków Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 50°7′49″N 18°1′17″E / 50.13028°N 18.02139°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Opole |
| County | Głubczyce |
| Gmina | Baborów |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 48-120 |
| Area code | +48 77 |
| Car plates | OGL |
Raków [ˈrakuf] is a village in Gmina Baborów, Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It is situated on the Psina River.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word rak, which means "crayfish".[2][3]
As of 1861, the village had a population of 548, Poles and Moravians by ethnicity, Catholics by confession.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 61.
- ↑ Damrot, Konstanty (1896). Die älteren Ortsnamen Schlesiens, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Mit einem Anhange über die schlesisch-polnischen Personennamen. Beiträge zur schlesischen Geschichte und Volkskunde (in German). Verlag von Felix Kasprzyk. p. 186.
- ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. p. 511.
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