Feldkirch District

Bezirk Feldkirch
—  District  —
Country Austria
State Vorarlberg
Number of municipalities 24
Area
 • Total 278.26 km2 (107.4 sq mi)
Population (2007[1])
 • Total 98,717
 • Density 354.8/km2 (918.8/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
NUTS code

The Bezirk Feldkirch is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Area of the district is 278.26 km², population is 98,717 (2007), and population density 350 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Feldkirch.

Historical populations
Year Pop. ±%
1869 23,279
1880 25,241 +8.4%
1890 27,083 +7.3%
1900 30,385 +12.2%
1910 35,003 +15.2%
1923 34,090 −2.6%
1934 37,580 +10.2%
1939 38,142 +1.5%
1951 45,427 +19.1%
1961 54,520 +20.0%
1971 70,329 +29.0%
1981 78,007 +10.9%
1991 86,278 +10.6%
2001 93,600 +8.5%
Source: Statistik Austria

Contents

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 24 municipalities, one of them is a town, and three of them are market towns.

Towns

  1. Feldkirch (29,855)

Market towns

  1. Frastanz (6,308)
  2. Götzis (10,454)
  3. Rankweil (11,616)

Municipalities

  1. Altach (6,103)
  2. Düns (393)
  3. Dünserberg (142)
  4. Fraxern (652)
  5. Göfis (2,981)
  6. Klaus (3,021)
  7. Koblach (4,030)
  8. Laterns (731)
  9. Mäder (3,318)
  10. Meiningen (1,891)
  11. Röns (295)
  12. Röthis (1,919)
  13. Satteins (2,516)
  14. Schlins (2,234)
  15. Schnifis (729)
  16. Sulz (2,309)
  17. Übersaxen (596)
  18. Viktorsberg (388)
  19. Weiler (1,874)
  20. Zwischenwasser (3,153)

(population numbers as of January 1, 2006)

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