Rajec
Sign in to saveRajec (; ) is a town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia.
Key facts
- Slovak place.name
- Rajec
- Slovak place.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Slovak place.image_skyline
- Rajec-namestie SNP.jpg
- Slovak place.image_caption
- SNP Square, Rajec
- Slovak place.image_flag
- Rajec-zilina-flag.svg
- Slovak place.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Rajec.svg
- Slovak place.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Slovak place.subdivision_type2
- District
- Slovak place.subdivision_name2
- Žilina District
- Slovak place.pushpin_map
- Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia
- Slovak place.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Slovak place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Rajec in the Žilina Region##Location of Rajec in Slovakia
- Slovak place.leader_title
- Mayor
- Slovak place.leader_name
- Milan Hanus
- Slovak place.established_title
- First mentioned
- Slovak place.established_date
- 1193
- Slovak place.elevation_m
- 448
- Slovak place.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Slovakia
- Official name
- Rajec
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Žilina District
- Population
- 5641
- Area
- 31.459043
- Elevation
- 448
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Rajčanka
- Official website
- www.rajec.sk
- Image
- Rajec-namestie SNP.jpg
- Dialing code
- 041
- Licence plate code
- ZA
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- twinned administrative body
- Krnov
- Commons category
- Rajec
- P8168
- Oskar Nedbal
- postal code
- 015 01
- topic's main category
- Category:Rajec
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- time of earliest written record
- 1193-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rajec
- native label
- Rajec
- inception
- 1193-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Population
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Sightseeings
- Culture
- Twin towns — sister cities
- References
- External links
Rajec (; ) is a town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia.
==Etymology== Rajec, Rajčianka, Rajčanka are derived from Proto-Slavic appellative *rajь – a wet, muddy place (modern Slovak raj – a paradise, "a place with rich vegetation").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rajec” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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