Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab

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Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab
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Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°09′00″N15°39′00″E / 47.15000°N 15.65000°E / 47.15000; 15.65000 Coordinates: 47°09′00″N15°39′00″E / 47.15000°N 15.65000°E / 47.15000; 15.65000
Country Austria
State Styria
District Weiz
Government
 •  Mayor Herbert Pregartner (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total41.11 km2 (15.87 sq mi)
Elevation
388 m (1,273 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total5,300
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8181
Area code 03178
Vehicle registration WZ
Website www.ruprecht.at

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is a market town with 5,421 residents (as of 1 January 2021) in the district of Weiz in Styria, Austria. In the Styria municipal structural reform on 1 January 2015, the town was merged with the nearby towns Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf and Unterfladnitz. [3]

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Geography

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is located in Weiz District on Landesstraße B 64 in the Austrian state (Bundesland) of Styria (Steiermark).

Municipality organization

The municipal region covers the following 13 places (in Klammern population as of 1 January 2015 [4] ), of these 9 joined in the merger:

Former regions of Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab:

Former regions of Unterfladnitz:

Former regions of Etzersdorf-Rollsdorf:

The municipality includes several Katastralgemeinden communities: Arndorf, Dietmannsdorf, Etzersdorf, Fünfing bei St. Ruprecht, Grub, Kühwiesen, Lohngraben, Neudorf bei St. Ruprecht, St. Ruprecht an der Raab, Unterfladnitz, Wolfsgruben bei St. Ruprecht und Wollsdorf. The town region covers an area of 41.06 km2 (15.85 sq mi).

History

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is one of the oldest places in Styria. At the first Nennung in the year 860, it was named "ad Rapam". Kaiser Friedrich III noted the town on 1 September 1462.

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References

  1. ↑ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform" (in German). Steiermark.at. 2015.
  4. ↑ Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften


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