Hermagor District

Bezirk Hermagor
District
Country Austria
State Carinthia
Number of municipalities 7
Area
  Total 808.0 km2 (312.0 sq mi)
Population (2014-01-01[1])
  Total 18,547
  Density 23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
NUTS code ?

The Bezirk Hermagor is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Carinthia, Austria.

The district has an area of 808.02 km² and a population of 18,547 (2014-01-01). Hermagor's population density is nearly 24 people per km². The administrative center of the district is Hermagor-Pressegger See.

History

Its name refers to Saint Hermagoras, whose cult was centered at Aquileia.[2]

Municipalities

Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.

References

  1. "Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang", sdb.statistik.at, 2014-01-01.
  2. Ekkart Sauser (2003). "Hermagoras und Fortunatus". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 21. Nordhausen: Bautz. col. 650. ISBN 3-88309-110-3.

External links

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Coordinates: 46°39′43″N 13°10′59″E / 46.662°N 13.183°E / 46.662; 13.183

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