Racibórz
Appearance
Racibórz | |
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Municipal office biggin | |
Coordinates: 50°5′N 18°14′E / 50.083°N 18.233°E | |
Kintra | Poland |
Voivodeship | Silesian |
Coonty | Racibórz Coonty |
Gmina | Racibórz (urban gmina) |
Established | 12t century |
Ceety richts | 1217 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Mirosław Lenk |
Area | |
• City | 74.96 km2 (28.94 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• City | 57,352 |
• Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 115 164 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 47-400 tae 47-445 |
Area code(s) | +48 32 |
Caur plates | SRC |
Website | http://www.raciborz.pl |
Racibórz [raˈt͡ɕibuʂ] (German: Ratibor, Czech: Ratiboř) is a toun in soothren Poland wi 60,218 indwallers (2006) situatit in the Silesian Voivodeship (syne 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the caipital o Racibórz Coonty.
The name Racibórz is of Slavic origin an comes frae the name o Duke Racibor, the ceety's foonder.
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Racibórz is twinned wi:
External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Racibórz Home Page Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
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