Porajów

Porajów
Village
Porajów
Porajów
Coordinates: 50°53′04″N 14°49′57″E / 50.88444°N 14.83250°E / 50.88444; 14.83250
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lower Silesian
County Zgorzelec
Gmina Bogatynia
Population 1,513

Porajów [pɔˈrajuf] (German: Großporitsch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bogatynia, within Zgorzelec County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech and German borders.[1] Prior to 1945 it was a part of Zittau, Germany.

It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Bogatynia, 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of Zgorzelec, and 157 kilometres (98 mi) west of the regional capital Wrocław.

The village has a population of 1,513 in a 2011 census.[2] It lies on a railway line and road running from Zittau in Germany to Hrádek nad Nisou village in Liberec district in the Czech Republic; however the trains do not stop on Polish territory.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ GUS: Ludność - struktura według ekonomicznych grup wieku. Stan w dniu 31.03.2011 r.

Coordinates: 50°53′04″N 14°49′57″E / 50.88444°N 14.83250°E / 50.88444; 14.83250

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