Feistritz im Rosental

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Feistritz im Rosental
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Klagenfurt-Land
Mayor	Sonya Feinig
Basic statistics
Area	71.73 km² (27.7 sq mi)
Elevation	549 m  (1801 ft)
Population	2,691  (11/06/2008)
- Density	38 /km² (97 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	9181
Area code	04228
Website	www.rosengemeinde.at Coordinates: 46°31′0″N 14°10′0″E / 46.51667, 14.16667

Feistritz im Rosental (Slovenian: Bistrica v Rožu) is a town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia in Austria.

According to the 2001 census 13,3% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes.

Village	Number of peoople 1991	Percent of Slovenes 1991	Percent of Slovenes 1951
Hundsdorf/Podsinja vas	157	14.6%	81.5%
St.Johann i.R./Šentjanž v R.	279	42.3%	84.5%
Matschach/Mače	114	16.7%	77.5%
Suetschach/Sveče	574	13.4%	57.7%
Rabenberg/Šentjanške Rute	24	45.8%	92.5%
Feistritz i R./Bistrica v Rožu	1054	6.7%	16.4%
Bärental/Zavrh	21	0%	77.3%
Weizelsdorf/Svetna vas	323	5.3%	45.4%

Famous natives and inhabitants of the municipality of Feistritz include the Slovene politician and editor Andrej Einspieler and the sculptor France Gorše, who lived in the village of Suetschach, where he also established an attelieu, now open to the public.

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