St. Johann im Pongau District

The Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region.

St. Johann im Pongau District Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau
District
Country	Austria
State	Salzburg
Number of municipalities	25
Government
• District Governor	Harald Wimmer
Area
• Total	1,755.37 km2 (677.75 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	77,872
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	27,105	—
1880	28,678	+5.8%
1890	30,118	+5.0%
1900	31,499	+4.6%
1910	36,516	+15.9%
1923	38,317	+4.9%
1934	41,996	+9.6%
1939	43,115	+2.7%
1951	53,072	+23.1%
1961	57,100	+7.6%
1971	63,479	+11.2%
1981	67,410	+6.2%
1991	71,955	+6.7%
2001	77,872	+8.2%
Source: Statistik Austria

Bad Hofgastein from above, in winter

Area of the district is 1,755.37 km², with a population of 77,872 (May 15, 2001), and population density 44 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is St. Johann im Pongau.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 25 municipalities, three of them are towns, and seven of them are market towns.

Towns

1. Bischofshofen (10,087)
2. Radstadt (4,710)
3. St. Johann im Pongau (10,260)

Market towns

1. Altenmarkt im Pongau (3,486)
2. Bad Hofgastein (6,727)
3. Großarl (3,634)
4. St. Veit im Pongau (3,330)
5. Schwarzach im Pongau (3,526)
6. Wagrain (3,127)
7. Werfen (3,085)

Municipalities

1. Bad Gastein (5,838)
2. Dorfgastein (1,649)
3. Eben im Pongau (2,005)
4. Filzmoos (1,352)
5. Flachau (2,625)
6. Forstau (515)
7. Goldegg (2,216)
8. Hüttau (1,555)
9. Hüttschlag (974)
10. Kleinarl (743)
11. Mühlbach am Hochkönig (1,629)
12. Pfarrwerfen (2,174)
13. St. Martin am Tennengebirge (1,406)
14. Untertauern (453)
15. Werfenweng (766)

(population numbers May 15, 2001)

Tourist attractions

• Liechtensteinklamm

See also

• Salzburg
• Salzburgerland

External links

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