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Lasaki

Coordinates: 50°11′22″N 18°14′53″E / 50.18944°N 18.24806°E / 50.18944; 18.24806
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Lasaki
Village
Street
Street
Lasaki is located in Poland
Lasaki
Lasaki
Coordinates: 50°11′22″N 18°14′53″E / 50.18944°N 18.24806°E / 50.18944; 18.24806
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyRacibórz
GminaRudnik
Population
220

Lasaki [laˈsaki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rudnik, within Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Rudnik, 12 km (7 mi) north of Racibórz, and 54 km (34 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice.

The name of the village probably originates from the word Lasok, which referred to the workers of the forest. For the first time mentioned in the fifteenth century as a hamlet Sławikowa Sławikowski called Upper Las.[2]

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Anna Bindacz: Gmina Rudnik - the land of castles and green. Racibórz: Wydawnictwo i Agencja Wydawnicza WAW Grzegorz Wawoczny, 2005, s. 20. ISBN 83-89802-09-0 . Racibórz: Publishing and the Publishing Agency WAW Wawoczny Gregory, 2005, p. 20