Bregenz District
District in Vorarlberg, Austria
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The Bezirk Bregenz is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Vorarlberg, Austria. It comprises the Bregenz Forest region, the Leiblach valley, and the Austrian part of Lake Constance.
Bregenz District
Bezirk Bregenz | |
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View of Schröcken | |
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| Country | Austria |
| State | Vorarlberg |
| Number of municipalities | 40 |
| Administrative seat | Bregenz |
| Government | |
| • District Governor | Gernot Längle |
| Area | |
• Total | 863.37 km2 (333.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2012[1]) | |
• Total | 130,425 |
| • Density | 151.07/km2 (391.26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | B |
The area of the district is 863.37 km2, its population is 130,425 (2012), and the population density is 151 people per km2. The administrative centre of the district is Bregenz.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 41,186 | — |
| 1880 | 41,628 | +1.1% |
| 1890 | 44,864 | +7.8% |
| 1900 | 49,479 | +10.3% |
| 1910 | 53,785 | +8.7% |
| 1923 | 51,644 | −4.0% |
| 1934 | 56,304 | +9.0% |
| 1939 | 56,407 | +0.2% |
| 1951 | 70,056 | +24.2% |
| 1961 | 78,958 | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 95,235 | +20.6% |
| 1981 | 105,345 | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 115,500 | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 121,123 | +4.9% |
| Source: Statistik Austria | ||
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 40 municipalities, one of them is a town, and six are market towns.
Towns
- Bregenz (28,012)
Market towns
Municipalities
- Alberschwende (3,139)
- Andelsbuch (2,356)
- Au (1,684)
- Bildstein (714)
- Bizau (1,015)
- Buch (556)
- Damüls (324)
- Doren (1,024)
- Eichenberg (379)
- Fußach (3,726)
- Gaißau (1,700)
- Hittisau (1,852)
- Höchst (7,764)
- Hohenweiler (1,261)
- Kennelbach (1,860)
- Krumbach (2,252)
- Langen (1,300)
- Langenegg (1,066)
- Lingenau (1,341)
- Lochau (5,490)
- Mellau (1,311)
- Mittelberg (5,013)
- Möggers (517)
- Reuthe (611)
- Riefensberg (1,024)
- Schnepfau (472)
- Schoppernau (934)
- Schröcken (228)
- Schwarzach (3,746)
- Schwarzenberg (1,822)
- Sibratsgfäll (395)
- Sulzberg (1,760)
- Warth (1,521)
(population numbers 2012)