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In Austria, a district is a second-level division of the country's government. The first-level division are States of Austria.
District offices are the main point of contact for things like: marriage licenses, driver licenses, passports, assembly permits, hunting permits, or dealings with public health officers.
As of 2017, there are 94 districts. Of these 79 are districts headed by district commissions and 15 are statutory cities. Statutory cities are not usually referred to as "districts" outside government publications and the legal literature. A district headed by a district commission typically covers somewhere between ten and thirty municipalities.
List of current districts
[change | change source]- statutory cities coded with an asterix (*)
Code | District | Established | License plate(s) | Administrative seat | Population 2014 |
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101 | Eisenstadt * | 1921 | E | * | 13,485 |
102 | Rust * | 1921 | E | * | 1,942 |
103 | Eisenstadt-Umgebung | 1921 | EU | Eisenstadt (not part of the district) | 41,474 |
104 | Güssing | 1921 | GS | Güssing | 26,394 |
105 | Jennersdorf | 1921 | JE | Jennersdorf | 17,376 |
106 | Mattersburg | 1921 | MA | Mattersburg | 39,134 |
107 | Neusiedl am See | 1921 | ND | Neusiedl am See | 56,504 |
108 | Oberpullendorf | 1921 | OP | Oberpullendorf | 37,534 |
109 | Oberwart | 1921 | OW | Oberwart | 53,573 |
201 | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee * | 1850 | K | * | 96,640 |
202 | Villach * | 1932 | VI | * | 60,004 |
203 | Hermagor | 1868 | HE | Hermagor-Pressegger See | 18,547 |
204 | Klagenfurt-Land | 1868 | KL | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (not part of the district) | 58,435 |
205 | Sankt Veit an der Glan | 1868 | SV | St. Veit an der Glan | 55,394 |
206 | Spittal an der Drau | 1868 | SP | Spittal an der Drau | 76,971 |
207 | Villach-Land | 1868 | VL | Villach (not part of the district) | 64,268 |
208 | Völkermarkt | 1868 | VK | Völkermarkt | 42,068 |
209 | Wolfsberg | 1868 | WO | Wolfsberg | 53,472 |
210 | Feldkirchen | 1982 | FE | Feldkirchen in Kärnten | 30,082 |
301 | Krems an der Donau * | 1938 | KS | * | 24,085 |
302 | St. Pölten * | 1922 | P | * | 52,145 |
303 | Waidhofen an der Ybbs * | 1868 | WY | * | 11,341 |
304 | Wiener Neustadt * | 1866 | WN | * | 42,273 |
305 | Amstetten | 1868 | AM | Amstetten | 112,944 |
306 | Baden | 1868 | BN | Baden | 140,078 |
307 | Bruck an der Leitha | 1868 | BL, SW | Bruck an der Leitha | 43,615 |
308 | Gänserndorf | 1901 | GF | Gänserndorf | 97,460 |
309 | Gmünd | 1899 | GD | Gmünd | 37,420 |
310 | Hollabrunn | 1868 | HL | Hollabrunn | 50,065 |
311 | Horn | 1868 | HO | Horn | 31,273 |
312 | Korneuburg | 1868 | KO | Korneuburg | 73,370 |
313 | Krems | 1868 | KR | Krems an der Donau (not part of the district) | 55,945 |
314 | Lilienfeld | 1868 | LF | Lilienfeld | 26,040 |
315 | Melk | 1896 | ME | Melk | 76,369 |
316 | Mistelbach | 1868 | MI | Mistelbach | 74,150 |
317 | Mödling | 1897 | MD | Mödling | 115,677 |
318 | Neunkirchen | 1868 | NK | Neunkirchen | 85,539 |
319 | St. Pölten | 1868 | PL | St. Pölten (not part of the district) | 97,365 |
320 | Scheibbs | 1868 | SB | Scheibbs | 41,073 |
321 | Tulln | 1892 | TU, KG | Tulln an der Donau | 72,104 |
322 | Waidhofen an der Thaya | 1868 | WT | Waidhofen an der Thaya | 26,424 |
323 | Wiener Neustadt | 1868 | WB | Wiener Neustadt (not part of the district) | 75,285 |
325 | Zwettl | 1868 | ZT | Zwettl-Niederösterreich | 43,102 |
401 | Linz * | 1866 | L | * | 183,814 |
402 | Steyr * | 1867 | SR | * | 38,120 |
403 | Wels * | 1964 | WE | * | 59,339 |
404 | Braunau | 1868 | BR | Braunau am Inn | 98,842 |
405 | Eferding | 1907 | EF | Grieskirchen (administrative community) | 31,961 |
406 | Freistadt | 1868 | FR | Freistadt | 65,208 |
407 | Gmunden | 1868 | GM | Gmunden | 99,540 |
408 | Grieskirchen | 1911 | GR | Grieskirchen | 62,938 |
409 | Kirchdorf | 1868 | KI | Kirchdorf an der Krems | 55,571 |
410 | Linz-Land | 1868 | LL | Linz (not part of the district) | 141,540 |
411 | Perg | 1868 | PE | Perg | 66,269 |
412 | Ried | 1868 | RI | Ried im Innkreis | 58,714 |
413 | Rohrbach | 1868 | RO | Rohrbach-Berg | 56,455 |
414 | Schärding | 1868 | SD | Schärding | 56,287 |
415 | Steyr-Land | 1868 | SE | Steyr (not part of the district) | 58,618 |
416 | Urfahr-Umgebung | 1919 | UU | Linz (not part of the district) | 82,109 |
417 | Vöcklabruck | 1868 | VB | Vöcklabruck | 131,497 |
418 | Wels-Land | 1868 | WL | Wels (not part of the district) | 68,600 |
501 | Salzburg * | 1869 | S | * | 146,631 |
502 | Hallein | 1896 | HA | Hallein | 58,336 |
503 | Salzburg-Umgebung | 1868 | SL | Seekirchen am Wallersee | 145,275 |
504 | St. Johann im Pongau | 1868 | JO | St. Johann im Pongau | 78,614 |
505 | Tamsweg | 1868 | TA | Tamsweg | 20,450 |
506 | Zell am See | 1868 | ZE | Zell am See | 84,964 |
601 | Graz * | 1850 | G | * | 269,997 |
603 | Deutschlandsberg | 1868 | DL | Deutschlandsberg | 60,466 |
606 | Graz-Umgebung | 1868 | GU | Graz (not part of the district) | 145,660 |
610 | Leibnitz | 1868 | LB | Leibnitz | 77,774 |
611 | Leoben | 1868 | LE, LN | Leoben | 61,771 |
612 | Liezen | 1868 | GB, LI | Liezen | 78,893 |
614 | Murau | 1868 | MU | Murau | 28,740 |
616 | Voitsberg | 1891 | VO | Voitsberg | 51,559 |
617 | Weiz | 1868 | WZ | Weiz | 88,355 |
620 | Murtal | 2012 | MT | Judenburg | 73,041 |
621 | Bruck-Mürzzuschlag | 2013 | BM | Bruck an der Mur | 100,855 |
622 | Hartberg-Fürstenfeld | 2013 | HF | Hartberg | 89,252 |
623 | Südoststeiermark | 2013 | SO | Feldbach | 88,843 |
701 | Innsbruck * | 1850 | I | * | 124,579 |
702 | Imst | 1868 | IM | Imst | 57,271 |
703 | Innsbruck-Land | 1868 | IL | Innsbruck (not part of the district) | 169,680 |
704 | Kitzbühel | 1868 | KB | Kitzbühel | 62,318 |
705 | Kufstein | 1868 | KU | Kufstein | 103,317 |
706 | Landeck | 1868 | LA | Landeck | 43,906 |
707 | Lienz | 1868 | LZ | Lienz | 48,990 |
708 | Reutte | 1868 | RE | Reutte | 31,672 |
709 | Schwaz | 1868 | SZ | Schwaz | 80,305 |
801 | Bludenz | 1868 | BZ | Bludenz | 61,100 |
802 | Bregenz | 1868 | B | Bregenz | 128,568 |
803 | Dornbirn | 1969 | DO | Dornbirn | 84,117 |
804 | Feldkirch | 1868 | FK | Feldkirch | 101,497 |
901 | Wien * | 1850 | W | * | 1,766,746 |