Raabs an der Thaya

Raabs an der Thaya

Coat of arms
Raabs an der Thaya

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°50′53″N 15°29′35″E / 48.84806°N 15.49306°E / 48.84806; 15.49306Coordinates: 48°50′53″N 15°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
  Total 134.65 km2 (51.99 sq mi)
Elevation 410 m (1,350 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 2,694
  Density 20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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 of the Czech 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%

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