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(Redirected from Rakau) For other uses, see Raków (disambiguation). Place in Opole Voivodeship, Poland
Raków
Raków is located in PolandRakówRaków
Coordinates: 50°7′49″N 18°1′17″E / 50.13028°N 18.02139°E / 50.13028; 18.02139
Country Poland
VoivodeshipOpole
CountyGłubczyce
GminaBaborów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code48-120
Area code+48 77
Car platesOGL

Raków is a village in Gmina Baborów, Głubczyce County, Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. 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".

As of 1861, the village had a population of 548, Poles and Moravians by ethnicity, Catholics by confession.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 61.
  3. 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.
  4. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. p. 511.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Gmina Baborów
Town and seat Baborów Coat of Arms
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