Raabs an der Thaya

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Raabs an der Thaya
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Raabs an der Thaya
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°50′53″N15°29′35″E / 48.84806°N 15.49306°E / 48.84806; 15.49306 Coordinates: 48°50′53″N15°29′35″E / 48.84806°N 15.49306°E / 48.84806; 15.49306
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Waidhofen an der Thaya
Government
 •  Mayor Rudolf Mayer (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total134.67 km2 (52.00 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total2,651
 • Density20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3820
Area code 02846
Vehicle registration WT
Website www.raabs-thaya.gv.at

Raabs an der Thaya is a municipality with 3,114 inhabitants in Waidhofen an der Thaya (district) in the Waldviertel of Lower Austria, near the Austrian border with the Czech Republic. About 27.6 percent of the municipality is forested.

The German Thaya and the Moravian Thaya unite to form the Thaya at Raabs. Raabs Castle, built in the last half of the 11th century, has been exonymically called Rakous (formerly Rakús) by neighbouring Czechs, which is the origin in the Czech, in Old Polish Rakusy and Slovak name for Austria as a whole, Rakousko/Rakúsko.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18695,908—    
18805,980+1.2%
18905,796−3.1%
19006,039+4.2%
19105,729−5.1%
19235,913+3.2%
19345,845−1.2%
19395,531−5.4%
19515,386−2.6%
19614,576−15.0%
19714,194−8.3%
19813,748−10.6%
19913,295−12.1%
20013,114−5.5%
20112,778−10.8%
20212,644−4.8%

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References

  1. ↑ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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