# Rajec > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rajec > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rajec.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajec > Source revision: 1355880163 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{For|the village in Slovenia|Rajec, Brežice}} {{For|the municipality and village in the Czech Republic|Rájec}} {{Infobox Slovak place | name = Rajec | other_name = | settlement_type = [Municipality](/source/List_of_municipalities_and_towns_in_Slovakia) | image_skyline = Rajec-namestie SNP.jpg | image_caption = [SNP](/source/Slovak_National_Uprising) Square, Rajec | image_flag = Rajec-zilina-flag.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Rajec.svg | subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Slovakia) | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Žilina Region}} | subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Slovakia) | subdivision_name2 = [Žilina District](/source/%C5%BDilina_District) | pushpin_map = Slovakia Žilina Region#Slovakia | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Rajec in the [Žilina Region](/source/%C5%BDilina_Region)##Location of Rajec in [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia) | coordinates = {{coord|49.09|N|18.63|E|region:SK|display=inline,title}} | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Milan Hanus | leader_party = | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1193 | elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |url=http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/sk/VBD_SK_WIN/om5001rr/v_om5001rr_00_00_00_sk |title=Základná charakteristika |language=sk |date=2015-04-17 |website=www.statistics.sk |publisher= Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic|access-date=2022-03-31}} | elevation_m = 448 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 150 1 | area_code = +421 41 |registration_plate = ZA | website = {{URL|https://www.rajec.sk/}} }} '''Rajec''' ({{Audio|Rajec (Slovak pronunciation).ogg|pronunciation}}; {{langx|hu|Rajec}}; {{langx|de|Rajetz}}) is a town in the [Žilina District](/source/%C5%BDilina_District), [Žilina Region](/source/%C5%BDilina_Region) in northern [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia). ==Etymology== Rajec, Rajčianka, [Rajčanka](/source/Raj%C4%8Danka) are derived from [Proto-Slavic](/source/Proto-Slavic) [appellative](/source/appellative) ''*rajь'' – a wet, muddy place (modern [Slovak](/source/Slovak_language) ''raj'' – a paradise, "a place with rich vegetation").{{cite book | first = Jaromír | last = Krško | title = Hydronymia horného povodia Váhu | trans-title = Hydronymy of the Upper Váh Basin | publisher = Univerzita Mateja Bela | location = Banská Bystrica | year = 2011 | page = 125 | language = Slovak}} ==History== The first written record about Rajec was in 1193, as ''Raich'', in a document issued by King [Béla III](/source/B%C3%A9la_III). The first mention of the town comes from 1397. ==Geography== {{Slovak municipality/geo|448|}} It is situated between [Strážovské vrchy](/source/Str%C3%A1%C5%BEovsk%C3%A9_vrchy), and [Malá Fatra](/source/Mal%C3%A1_Fatra) mountains, in the [Rajčanka](/source/Raj%C4%8Danka) river valley, around {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} south-south-west of [Žilina](/source/%C5%BDilina). == Population == {{Slovak municipality|pop}} It has a population of {{Slovak municipality|p}} people (31 December {{Slovak municipality|y}}).{{Slovak municipality|P}} === Ethnicity === {{Slovak municipality|etno}} === Religion === {{Slovak municipality|relig}} According to the 2001 [census](/source/census), the town had 6,074 inhabitants. 98.86% of inhabitants were [Slovaks](/source/Slovaks) and 0.68% were [Czechs](/source/Czech_people).{{cite web | title = Municipal Statistics | publisher = Statistical Office of the Slovak republic | url = http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html | accessdate = 2008-01-31 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080111223415/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html |archivedate = 2008-01-11}} The religious make-up was 92.79% [Roman Catholics](/source/Roman_Catholics), 3.42% people with no religious affiliation, and 1.89% [Lutherans](/source/Lutherans). ==Sightseeings== * '''Town Hall''', a Renaissance one-floor building available from all sides. Open arcades served as a market. On the second floor, there were administrative rooms of the town council. After the newest reconstruction in 1992, the arcades are full glassed and the town hall serve as wedding, concert and exhibition room. ([http://www.gsvm.maves.sk/index_en.html 3D Model]) * '''Town museum''', former brewery residence ==Culture== The [Rajec Marathon](/source/Rajec_Marathon), an annual road race, was established in the town in 1984.{{cite journal |title=1. Ročník Rajeckého maratónu (11.8.) |journal=Maratón |date=November 1984 |volume=21 |issue=11 |page=2 |url=https://www.iscarexpohar.cz/download/maraton/maraton_1984_11.pdf |access-date=2025-09-01 |language=sk}} ==Twin towns — sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Slovakia}} Rajec is [twinned](/source/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities) with:{{cite web |title=Partnerské kraje a mestá|url=http://www.rajec.info/section/default/745|website=rajec.info|publisher=Rajec|language=sk|accessdate=2019-09-09}} *{{flagicon|POL}} [Czechowice-Dziedzice](/source/Czechowice-Dziedzice), Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} [Kęty](/source/K%C4%99ty), Poland *{{flagicon|CZE}} [Krnov](/source/Krnov), Czech Republic *{{flagicon|CZE}} [Rýmařov](/source/R%C3%BDma%C5%99ov), Czech Republic ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Rajec}} * [http://www.rajec.sk/index.php?newlang=english Town website] {{Žilina District}} {{Authority control}} Category:Cities and towns in Slovakia {{Žilina-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rajec](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajec) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajec?action=history)). 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