Austria Districts

Districts of Austria

Austria is divided into nine states. The states are subdivided into 84 politische Bezirke (political districts) and 15 Statutarstädte (statutory cities). These 99 units are further subdivided into Gemeinden (communes or municipalities). There were 2,359 communes in 1999. Note: on an earlier version of this Web page, I listed 102 districts, due to a misunderstanding. Here is a list of the districts and cities of Austria.

Name	Type	HASC	AKZ	GKZ	NUTS	Population	Area(km.²)	Capital
Amstetten	b	`AT.NO.AM`	`AM`	`305`	`121`	109,319	1,187	Amstetten
Baden	b	`AT.NO.BN`	`BN`	`306`	`122,127`	127,020	753	Baden
Bludenz	b	`AT.VO.BZ`	`BZ`	`801`	`341`	60,587	1,288	Bludenz
Braunau am Inn	b	`AT.OO.BR`	`BR`	`404`	`311`	95,348	1,040	Braunau am Inn
Bregenz	b	`AT.VO.BG`	`B`	`802`	`341,342`	121,369	863	Bregenz
Bruck an der Leitha	b	`AT.NO.BL`	`BL`	`307`	`127`	40,118	495	Bruck an der Leitha
Bruck an der Mur	b	`AT.ST.BM`	`BM`	`602`	`223`	65,155	1,307	Bruck an der Mur
Deutschlandsberg	b	`AT.ST.DL`	`DL`	`603`	`225`	61,629	863	Deutschlandsberg
Dornbirn	b	`AT.VO.DO`	`DO`	`803`	`342`	75,952	172	Dornbirn
Eferding	b	`AT.OO.EF`	`EF`	`405`	`312`	30,770	260	Eferding
Eisenstadt	s	`AT.BU.ES`	`E`	`101`	`112`	11,394	43	Eisenstadt
Eisenstadt Umgebung	b	`AT.BU.EU`	`EU`	`103`	`112`	38,837	453	Eisenstadt
Feldbach	b	`AT.ST.FB`	`FB`	`604`	`224`	67,359	727	Feldbach
Feldkirch	b	`AT.VO.FK`	`FK`	`804`	`342`	93,657	278	Feldkirch
Feldkirchen	b	`AT.KA.FE`	`FE`	`210`	`212`	30,339	559	Feldkirchen
Freistadt	b	`AT.OO.FR`	`FR`	`406`	`313`	64,166	994	Freistadt
Fürstenfeld	b	`AT.ST.FF`	`FF`	`605`	`224`	23,056	264	Fürstenfeld
Gänserndorf	b	`AT.NO.GF`	`GF`	`308`	`125,126`	88,948	1,270	Gänserndorf
Gmünd	b	`AT.NO.GD`	`GD`	`309`	`124`	40,213	786	Gmünd
Gmunden	b	`AT.OO.GM`	`GM`	`407`	`315`	99,563	1,432	Gmunden
Graz	s	`AT.ST.GZ`	`G`	`601`	`222`	226,424	128	Graz
Graz Umgebung	b	`AT.ST.GU`	`GU`	`606`	`222`	131,528	1,101	Graz
Grieskirchen	b	`AT.OO.GR`	`GR`	`408`	`311`	62,090	579	Grieskirchen
Güssing	b	`AT.BU.GS`	`GS`	`104`	`113`	27,379	485	Güssing
Hallein	b	`AT.SZ.HA`	`HA`	`502`	`323`	54,447	668	Hallein
Hartberg	b	`AT.ST.HB`	`HB`	`607`	`224`	67,938	955	Hartberg
Hermagor	b	`AT.KA.HE`	`HE`	`203`	`212`	19,853	807	Hermagor
Hollabrunn	b	`AT.NO.HL`	`HL`	`310`	`125`	50,358	1,010	Hollabrunn
Horn	b	`AT.NO.HO`	`HO`	`311`	`124`	32,503	784	Horn
Imst	b	`AT.TR.IM`	`IM`	`702`	`334`	52,704	1,725	Imst
Innsbruck	s	`AT.TR.IN`	`I`	`701`	`332`	113,826	105	Innsbruck
Innsbruck Land	b	`AT.TR.IL`	`IL`	`703`	`332`	155,201	1,990	Innsbruck
Jennersdorf	b	`AT.BU.JE`	`JE`	`105`	`113`	18,009	254	Jennersdorf
Judenburg	b	`AT.ST.JU`	`JU`	`608`	`226`	48,370	1,096	Judenburg
Kirchdorf an der Krems	b	`AT.OO.KI`	`KI`	`409`	`314`	55,321	1,240	Kirchdorf an der Krems
Kitzbühel	b	`AT.TR.KB`	`KB`	`704`	`335`	59,337	1,164	Kitzbühel
Klagenfurt	s	`AT.KA.KG`	`K`	`201`	`211`	90,255	120	Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt Land	b	`AT.KA.KL`	`KL`	`204`	`211`	56,559	765	Klagenfurt
Knittelfeld	b	`AT.ST.KF`	`KF`	`609`	`226`	29,798	578	Knittelfeld
Korneuburg	b	`AT.NO.KO`	`KO`	`312`	`126`	68,067	626	Korneuburg
Krems an der Donau Land	b	`AT.NO.KR`	`KR`	`313`	`124`	54,478	924	Krems an der Donau
Krems an der Donau Stadt	s	`AT.NO.KS`	`KS`	`301`	`124`	23,773	52	Krems an der Donau
Kufstein	b	`AT.TR.KU`	`KU`	`705`	`335`	93,796	970	Kufstein
Landeck	b	`AT.TR.LA`	`LA`	`706`	`334`	42,924	1,594	Landeck
Leibnitz	b	`AT.ST.LB`	`LB`	`610`	`225`	75,439	681	Leibnitz
Leoben	b	`AT.ST.LN`	`LN`	`611`	`223`	67,939	1,101	Leoben
Lienz	b	`AT.TR.LZ`	`LZ`	`707`	`333`	50,677	2,020	Lienz
Liezen	b	`AT.ST.LI`	`LI`	`612`	`222`	82,684	3,269	Liezen
Lilienfeld	b	`AT.NO.LF`	`LF`	`314`	`122`	27,180	931	Lilienfeld
Linz	s	`AT.OO.LS`	`L`	`401`	`312`	186,298	96	Linz
Linz Land	b	`AT.OO.LL`	`LL`	`410`	`312`	129,324	461	Linz
Mattersburg	b	`AT.BU.MA`	`MA`	`106`	`112`	37,533	238	Mattersburg
Melk	b	`AT.NO.ME`	`ME`	`315`	`121`	75,432	1,013	Melk
Mistelbach	b	`AT.NO.MI`	`MI`	`316`	`125,126`	72,871	1,290	Mistelbach
Mödling	b	`AT.NO.MD`	`MD`	`317`	`127`	106,783	277	Mödling
Murau	b	`AT.ST.MU`	`MU`	`614`	`226`	31,586	1,385	Murau
Mürzzuschlag	b	`AT.ST.MZ`	`MZ`	`613`	`223`	43,038	849	Mürzzuschlag
Neunkirchen	b	`AT.NO.NK`	`NK`	`318`	`122`	86,049	1,145	Neunkirchen
Neusiedl am See	b	`AT.BU.ND`	`ND`	`107`	`112`	51,817	1,039	Neusiedl am See
Oberpullendorf	b	`AT.BU.OP`	`OP`	`108`	`111`	38,300	702	Oberpullendorf
Oberwart	b	`AT.BU.OW`	`OW`	`109`	`113`	53,612	732	Oberwart
Perg	b	`AT.OO.PE`	`PE`	`411`	`313`	64,049	612	Perg
Radkersburg	b	`AT.ST.RA`	`RA`	`615`	`224`	24,121	337	Bad Radkersburg
Reutte	b	`AT.TR.RE`	`RE`	`708`	`331`	31,609	1,237	Reutte
Ried im Innkreis	b	`AT.OO.RI`	`RI`	`412`	`311`	58,339	585	Ried im Innkreis
Rohrbach im Mühlkreis	b	`AT.OO.RO`	`RO`	`413`	`313`	58,060	828	Rohrbach
Rust	s	`AT.BU.RU`	`EU`	`102`	`112`	1,719	20	Rust
Salzburg	s	`AT.SZ.SS`	`S`	`501`	`323`	144,816	66	Salzburg
Salzburg Umgebung	b	`AT.SZ.SL`	`SL`	`503`	`323`	135,440	1,004	Salzburg
Sankt Johann im Pongau	b	`AT.SZ.JO`	`JO`	`504`	`322`	78,103	1,755	Sankt Johann im Pongau
Sankt Pölten	s	`AT.NO.PS`	`P`	`302`	`123`	49,272	118	Sankt Pölten
Sankt Pölten Land	b	`AT.NO.PL`	`PL`	`319`	`123`	93,438	1,112	Sankt Pölten
Sankt Veit an der Glan	b	`AT.KA.SV`	`SV`	`205`	`213`	58,951	1,494	Sankt Veit an der Glan
Schärding	b	`AT.OO.SD`	`SD`	`414`	`311`	57,119	618	Schärding
Scheibbs	b	`AT.NO.SB`	`SB`	`320`	`121`	41,450	1,023	Scheibbs
Schwaz	b	`AT.TR.SZ`	`SZ`	`709`	`335`	74,989	1,845	Schwaz
Spittal an der Drau	b	`AT.KA.SP`	`SP`	`206`	`212`	82,013	2,764	Spittal an der Drau
Steyr	s	`AT.OO.SR`	`SR`	`402`	`314`	39,496	27	Steyr
Steyr Land	b	`AT.OO.SE`	`SE`	`415`	`314`	57,741	971	Steyr
Tamsweg	b	`AT.SZ.TA`	`TA`	`505`	`321`	21,420	1,020	Tamsweg
Tulln	b	`AT.NO.TU`	`TU`	`321`	`126`	64,681	658	Tulln
Urfahr Umgebung	b	`AT.OO.UU`	`UU`	`416`	`312,313`	77,922	649	Linz
Villach	s	`AT.KA.VI`	`VI`	`202`	`211`	57,740	135	Villach
Villach Land	b	`AT.KA.VL`	`VL`	`207`	`211`	64,883	1,009	Villach
Vöcklabruck	b	`AT.OO.VB`	`VB`	`417`	`315`	126,809	1,084	Vöcklabruck
Voitsberg	b	`AT.ST.VO`	`VO`	`616`	`225`	53,714	678	Voitsberg
Völkermarkt	b	`AT.KA.VK`	`VK`	`208`	`213`	43,737	907	Völkermarkt
Waidhofen an der Thaya	b	`AT.NO.WT`	`WT`	`322`	`124`	28,241	669	Waidhofen an der Thaya
Waidhofen an der Ybbs	s	`AT.NO.WY`	`WY`	`303`	`121`	11,686	132	Waidhofen an der Ybbs
Weiz	b	`AT.ST.WZ`	`WZ`	`617`	`224`	86,133	1,069	Weiz
Wels	s	`AT.OO.WE`	`WE`	`403`	`312`	56,516	46	Wels
Wels Land	b	`AT.OO.WL`	`WL`	`418`	`312`	63,086	457	Wels
Wien	s	`AT.WI.WS`	`W`	`901`	`130`	1,566,459	415	Wien
Wiener Neustadt	s	`AT.NO.WN`	`WN`	`304`	`122`	37,626	61	Wiener Neustadt
Wiener Neustadt Land	b	`AT.NO.WB`	`WB`	`323`	`122`	72,181	969	Wiener Neustadt
Wien Umgebung	b	`AT.NO.WU`	`WU`	`324`	`126,127`	102,170	484	Wien
Wolfsberg	b	`AT.KA.WO`	`WO`	`209`	`213`	56,784	973	Wolfsberg
Zell am See	b	`AT.SZ.ZE`	`ZE`	`506`	`322`	84,354	2,640	Zell am See
Zwettl	b	`AT.NO.ZT`	`ZT`	`325`	`124`	45,783	1,400	Zwettl
99 divisions						8,068,949	83,854
Type: b = Politischer Bezirk (political district); s = Statutarstadt (statutory city). HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the state. For key, see the States of Austria page. AKZ: Autokennzeichen are the letter codes used on license plates to identify the district in which a car is registered. A few places have their own licence-issuing authorities, and thus use codes which differ from the rest of their district. Specifically, Schwechat has `SW`, although it's part of Wien Umgebung; the city of Leoben has `LE`, although it's part of Leoben; and Bad Aussee and Gröbming have `BA` and `GB`, respectively, although they are both part of Liezen. GKZ: Gemeindekennziffer (commune code number) is a hierarchical numbering system for states, districts, and communes of Austria. Each commune can be represented by a five-digit number. The first digit represents a state, and is the same as the ISO 3166-2 code for the state. The first three digits represent a district, as shown in the table. NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (level 3); the letters `AT` should be prefixed to each three-digit code. See table below for key to codes. Population: 2001-05 census. Populations and areas provided by Karem Abdalla.

NUTS codes were developed by Eurostat in order to report European statistics on the basis of a set of comparable regions. If these NUTS codes are truncated to two digits, they become level-2 NUTS codes, which represent an Austrian state. Truncated to one digit, they become level-1 NUTS codes, which represent a region (for a list of regions, see "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries"). Here is a list of all level-3 NUTS codes in Austria, with their names. Note that in Austria, NUTS level-1 and level-3 areas have no administrative significance.

NUTS	Name
`AT111`	Mittelburgenland
`AT112`	Nordburgenland
`AT113`	Südburgenland
`AT121`	Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen
`AT122`	Niederösterreich-Süd
`AT123`	Sankt Pölten
`AT124`	Waldviertel
`AT125`	Weinviertel
`AT126`	Wiener Umland-Nordteil
`AT127`	Wiener Umland-Südteil
`AT130`	Wien
`AT211`	Klagenfurt-Villach
`AT212`	Oberkärnten
`AT213`	Unterkärnten
`AT221`	Graz
`AT222`	Liezen
`AT223`	Östliche Obersteiermark
`AT224`	Oststeiermark
`AT225`	West- und Südsteiermark
`AT226`	Westliche Obersteiermark
`AT311`	Innviertel
`AT312`	Linz-Wels
`AT313`	Mühlviertel
`AT314`	Steyr-Kirchdorf
`AT315`	Traunviertel
`AT321`	Lungau
`AT322`	Pinzgau-Pongau
`AT323`	Salzburg und Umgebung
`AT331`	Außerfern
`AT332`	Innsbruck
`AT333`	Osttirol
`AT334`	Tiroler Oberland
`AT335`	Tiroler Unterland
`AT341`	Bludenz-Bregenzer Wald
`AT342`	Rheintal-Bodenseegebiet

Change history:

~1973: Dornbirn district split from Feldkirch.
1982-01-01: Feldkirchen district split from Klagenfurt Land district. The new district began its operations on 1987-01-01.
(Source: private communication from Karem Abdalla)

Here is a map of the districts of Austria (PDF format). Upper Austria also offers a map of its districts.

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