The village of Rataje is located in the Zlín Region, near the district town of Kroměříž. The first written mention of the village comes from 1349. Two smaller villages Popovice and Sobělice are associated with the village. Currently there live around 1130 inhabitants. Several important personalities were also born in Ratají, including the composer Emil Axman, the member of the Reichstag Viktorin Brázdil and the academic painter Oldřich Zezula.
Village facilities:
- elementary School
- Kindergarten
- mail
- general store
- municipal library
- falconry
- football field.
Monuments:
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
- cemetery chapel.
Associations in our village:
- TJ Sokol
- Voluntary Firefighter Unit
- Hunting Association
- Czech Horticultural Association
- Red Cross
- Fishermen's Association.
In our village, we also organize a number of sports and social events every year, such as the Carnival Parade, the cost of plum brandy, the burning of witches and many others.