Völkermarkt [1] ( German: Völkermarkt , Slovenian. Velikovec - Velikovec) is a city in Austria , in the federal state of Carinthia .
| City | |||
| Völkermarkt | |||
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| Völkermarkt | |||
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| A country |  Austria | ||
| Federal land | Picture | ||
| County | Völkermarkt (Borough) | ||
| Burgomaster | Falentin Blaschitz ( SDPA ) | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Square | 137.33 km² | ||
| Center height | 462 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 11 440 people ( 2005 ) | ||
| Official language | Deutsch | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | 0 42 32 | ||
| Postcode | 9100 | ||
| Car code | VK | ||
| Official code | 2 08 17 | ||
| stadtgemeinde-voelkermarkt.at (German) | |||
It is part of the Völkermarkt County. The population is 11,440 people (as of December 31, 2005). It covers an area of 137.33 km². The official code is 2 08 17 .
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Geographical position
Völkermarkt is located in southern Austria, 300 km south-west of Vienna and 30 kilometers east of Klagenfurt . The city is located east of the Klagenfurt pit and north of the Völkermarkt lake, through which the Drava River flows. The average height is 460 meters above sea level.
Population
The population is about 11 thousand people, the proportion of urban population has been increasing in recent years. The city is inhabited by the Slovenian community, which accounts for 2.6% of the total population. This community lives north of all of the Slovenes in Austria.
Political Situation
The burgomaster of the commune is Falentin Blashits ( SDPA ) following the results of the 2003 elections.
The council of representatives of the commune ( German: Gemeinderat ) consists of 31 seats.
- SDPA has 18 seats.
- ANP takes 7 places.
- APS takes 5 places.
- Greens take 1st place.
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Notes
- ↑ Austria // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 63. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
Links
- Official Page (German)