Feldkirch District
District in Vorarlberg, Austria
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The Bezirk Feldkirch is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Vorarlberg, Austria.
Feldkirch District
Bezirk Feldkirch | |
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| Country | Austria |
| State | Vorarlberg |
| Number of municipalities | 24 |
| Administrative seat | Feldkirch |
| Government | |
| • District Governor | Herbert Burtscher |
| Area | |
• Total | 278.26 km2 (107.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2012[1]) | |
• Total | 100,656 |
| • Density | 361.73/km2 (936.89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | FK |
Area of the district is 278.26 km2, population is 100,656 (2012), and population density 362 persons per km2. Administrative center of the district is Feldkirch.
| 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% |
| 2011 | 99,936 | +6.8% |
| Source: Statistik Austria | ||
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 24 municipalities, one of them is a town, and three of them are market towns.
Towns
- Feldkirch (31,054)
Market towns
Municipalities
- Altach (6,397)
- Düns (377)
- Dünserberg (147)
- Fraxern (677)
- Göfis (3,083)
- Klaus (3,102)
- Koblach (4,269)
- Laterns (678)
- Mäder (3,739)
- Meiningen (2,035)
- Röns (314)
- Röthis (1,922)
- Satteins (2,590)
- Schlins (2,271)
- Schnifis (762)
- Sulz (2,390)
- Übersaxen (629)
- Viktorsberg (389)
- Weiler (2,022)
- Zwischenwasser (3,105)
(population numbers as of January 1, 2012)