Raabs an der Thaya

Place in Lower Austria, Austria

Coat of arms

48°50′53″N 15°29′35″E / 48.84806°N 15.49306°E / 48.84806; 15.49306CountryAustriaStateLower AustriaDistrictWaidhofen an der ThayaGovernment

• MayorRudolf Mayer (ÖVP)Area

^[1]

• Total134.67 km² (52.00 sq mi)Elevation

410 m (1,350 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total2,651 • Density20/km² (51/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

3820

Area code02846Vehicle registrationWTWebsitewww.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 in the Czech, in Old Polish Rakusy and Slovak name for Austria as a whole, Rakousko/Rakúsko.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	5,908	—
1880	5,980	+1.2%
1890	5,796	−3.1%
1900	6,039	+4.2%
1910	5,729	−5.1%
1923	5,913	+3.2%
1934	5,845	−1.2%
1939	5,531	−5.4%
1951	5,386	−2.6%
1961	4,576	−15.0%
1971	4,194	−8.3%
1981	3,748	−10.6%
1991	3,295	−12.1%
2001	3,114	−5.5%
2011	2,778	−10.8%
2021	2,644	−4.8%

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.