Upper Austria
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| States of Austria>State | |
| Capital | Linz |
| Landeshauptmann>Governor | Josef Pühringer (ÖVP) |
| Area - Total | 11,980 Square kilometre>km² |
| Population - Total (2001) - Population density>Density | Ranked 3rd 1.376.797 116/km² |
| The state flag of Oberösterreich | |
| The state of Oberösterreich on the map of Austria | |
| Demographics | |
|---|---|
| Date | Population |
| ca. 1527 | 335.000 |
| ca. 1600 | 380.000 |
| ca. 1700 | 450.000 |
| 1754 | 526.000 |
| 1780 | 601.000 |
| 1790 | 623.000 |
| 1800 | 626.000 |
| 1810 | 630.000 |
| 1821 | 651.911 |
| 1830 | 682.140 |
| 1840 | 699.324 |
| 1850 | 706.316 |
| 1857 | 707.450 |
| 1869 | 736.856 |
| 1880 | 760.091 |
| 1890 | 786.496 |
| 1900 | 810.854 |
| 1910 | 853.595 |
| 1923 | 876.698 |
| 1934 | 902.965 |
| 1939 | 927.583 |
| 1951 | 1.108.720 |
| 1961 | 1.131.623 |
| 1971 | 1.229.972 |
| 1981 | 1.269.540 |
| 1991 | 1.320.567 |
| 2001 | 1.376.700 |
| 2004 | 1.392.965 |
Upper Austria (de: Oberösterreich) is one of the nine states or Länder of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of 11,980 km2 and 1.3 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the fourth largest Austrian state; Vienna and Lower Austria have more inhabitants, while Styria, Tyrol and Lower Austria are larger in area.
Towns in Upper Austria include
- Ansfelden
- Attnang-Puchheim [link]
- Braunau
- Bad Ischl (where Franz Josef and Elisabeth of Austria met)
- Ebensee
- Enns (city)
- Freistadt
- Fucking (popular among tourists)
- Gmunden
- Grieskirchen
- Kirchdorf an der Krems
- Lenzing
- Perg
- Ried im Innkreis [link]
- Schärding
- Schwanenstadt [link]
- Steyr
- Vöcklabruck [link]
- Wels
Administrative divisions
Upper Austria is traditionally divided into four regions: Hausruckviertel, Innviertel, Mühlviertel, and Traunviertel.Administratively, the state is divided into 15 districts (Bezirke), and three Statutarstädte.
Statutarstädte
Districts
- Braunau am Inn
- Eferding
- Freistadt
- Gmunden
- Grieskirchen
- Kirchdorf an der Krems
- Linz-Land
- Perg
- Ried im Innkreis
- Rohrbach
- Schärding
- Steyr-Land
- Urfahr-Umgebung
- Vöcklabruck
- Wels-Land
States of Austria
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| Burgenland • Carinthia • Lower Austria • Salzburg • Styria • Tyrol • Upper Austria • Vienna • Vorarlberg | |
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