Raková, Čadca District

Raková (Hungarian: Trencsénrákó) is a village and municipality in Čadca District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1658. The village is the birthplace of the writer and playwright Ján Palárik, who is honored by the annual Palárikova Raková event and who played a significant role in the Slovak nationalist movement in the 19th century.

The municipality lies at an altitude of 430 metres (1,410 ft)^[3] and covers an area of 41.51 km² (16.03 sq mi) (2024).^[4]

It has a population of 5603 people (31 December 2024).^[6]

In year 2021 was 5630 people by ethnicity 5546 as Slovak, 73 as Not found out, 48 as Czech, 8 as Polish, 7 as Russian, 7 as Other, 5 as Rusyn, 3 as English, 2 as Vietnamese, 2 as Silesian, 2 as German, 2 as Moravian, 2 as French, 2 as Bulgarian, 1 as Jewish, 1 as Irish, 1 as Serbian, 1 as Romani, 1 as Romanian, 1 as Austrian and 1 as Canadian.

Note on population

The difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live. For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

In year 2021 was 5630 people by religion 5050 from Roman Catholic Church, 361 from None, 109 from Not found out, 20 from Evangelical Church, 19 from Greek Catholic Church, 16 from Ad hoc movements, 15 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 9 from Other, 5 from Calvinist Church, 5 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 4 from Old Catholic Church, 3 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 3 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 3 from Buddhism, 2 from New Apostolic Church, 1 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 1 from Hinduism, 1 from United Methodist Church, 1 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 1 from Apostolic Church.