Tamsweg District

Tamsweg District
Bezirk Tamsweg
District
Map
CountryAustria
StateSalzburg
Number of municipalities15
Administrative seatTamsweg
Government
 • District GovernorMichaela Rohrmoser
Area
 • Total
1,019.65 km2 (393.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
20,437
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeAT-505
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869 13,009—    
1880 12,868−1.1%
1890 12,417−3.5%
1900 12,974+4.5%
1910 14,054+8.3%
1923 13,785−1.9%
1934 14,419+4.6%
1939 14,283−0.9%
1951 16,558+15.9%
1961 17,519+5.8%
1971 19,116+9.1%
1981 20,106+5.2%
1991 20,622+2.6%
2001 21,283+3.2%
2011 20,502−3.7%
2023 20,437−0.3%
Source: Statistik Austria
Tamsweg District

Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria. It is congruent with the Lungau region (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊŋˌɡaʊ̯] ⓘ). The administrative centre of the district is Tamsweg.

Geography

The area of the Lungau plateau is 1,019.65 km2, with a population of 20,437 (Jan. 1, 2023), and population density 20 persons per km2. It is located within the Central Eastern Alps, confined by the Hohe Tauern (High Tauern) range in the west, the Niedere Tauern (Low Tauern) in the north, and the Gurktal Alps (Nock Mountains) in the south.

The region is separated from the Salzburg Pongau region by the Radstädter Tauern Pass crossing the Niedere Tauern. In the south, the Katschberg Pass road leads to the neighbouring state of Carinthia. Since 1974, the Tauern Autobahn underpasses both ranges via the Tauern Road Tunnel and the Katschberg Tunnel. In the east, the upper river Mur, originating near Muhr, flows towards Murau in Styria, accompanied by the narrow-gauge Taurach Railway and the Mur Valley Railway.

Beside some pastoral economy, Lungau largely depends on tourism.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 15 municipalities, four of them are market towns.

Market towns

  1. Mariapfarr (2,475)
  2. Mauterndorf (1,609)
  3. St. Michael im Lungau (3,539)
  4. Tamsweg (5,757)

Municipalities

  1. Göriach (345)
  2. Lessach (547)
  3. Muhr (489)
  4. Ramingstein (1,040)
  5. St. Andrä im Lungau (748)
  6. St. Margarethen im Lungau (761)
  7. Thomatal (356)
  8. Tweng (239)
  9. Unternberg (1,043)
  10. Weißpriach (307)
  11. Zederhaus (1,182)

(population numbers Jan. 1, 2023)

Bezirk Tamsweg

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