Rajcza

Rajcza
	Rajcza
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
Powiat :	Żywiec
Area :	23.27  km²
Geographic location :	49 ° 30 '  N , 19 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '25 "  N , 19 ° 5' 27"  E
Residents :	3522 (March 31, 2011)
Postal code :	34-370
Telephone code :	(+48) 33
License plate :	SZY
Economy and Transport
Street :	Zwardoń - Milówka
Rail route :	Zwardoń - Żywiec
Next international airport :	Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype:	Rural community
Surface:	131.17 km²
Residents:	8835 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	2417112
administration
Mayor :	Adam Iwanek
Address:	Gmina Rajczy, ul.Górska1 32-370 Rajcza
Website :	www.rajcza.com.pl

The church

Rajcza from the Biernatka peak

Rajcza is a village and seat of the rural community of the same name in the powiat Żywiecki in the Silesian Voivodeship and is located in the southwestern part of the district.

Geographical location

Rajcza is located at the transition from the Saybuscher Beskids to the Jablunkauer Bergland south of the city of Żywiec , on the border with Slovakia . The Soła River flows through the municipality and flows into the Vistula .

The village stretches in the valley of the Soła and its tributaries, between several mountain ranges: in the south Hutyrów (744 m), in the west Mała Zabawa (798 m) and Zabawa (823 m), in the north-east Sucha (1040 m) and in the east Cupel (666 m) and Wilczy Groń (668 m).

history

In 1608 Rajcza was mentioned with 11 farms. In 1669 Jan Kazimierz visited the village and donated a painting of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa to the future church, which he had allowed to be built. In November 1894, Rajcza was connected to the Żywiec - Čadca (SK) railway , which is part of the Krakow - Vienna line . In 1940 several families were expelled as part of the Saybusch campaign .

Districts

Basiówka, Butorów, Dziaski, Graberki, Hulboje, Kuchejdy, Nickulina, Pichuci, Rajcza Dolna, Ryłki, Sarnówka, Surowie, Wiercigrochy.

local community

Rajcza is the seat of the Rajcza Municipality Council. The Rajcza Municipal Council has 16 members.

The community has 9,059 citizens and stretches over 131.17 km². The population density is 70 inhabitants / km².

The municipality consists of the following six districts (sołectw): Kiczora , Rajcza, Rycerka Dolna , Rycerka Górna , Sól , Zwardoń .

Neighboring municipalities are, Istebna , Milówka , Ujsoły . The municipality borders on Slovakia .

traffic

The Katowice - Zwardoń (PL / SK) railway runs through the village

From Rajcza there is a bus connection to the surrounding villages and to Żywiec .

Personalities

• Oskar Primavesi (1874–1952), electrical machine builder and university professor

Web links

Commons : Rajcza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the community

Individual evidence

1. ^ CIS 2011: Ludność w miejscowościach statystycznych według ekonomicznych grup wieku (Polish), March 31, 2011, accessed on July 8, 2017
2. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .