Hermagor District

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Hermagor District

Bezirk Hermagor
District
Coordinates: 46°39′43″N13°10′59″E / 46.662°N 13.183°E / 46.662; 13.183 Coordinates: 46°39′43″N13°10′59″E / 46.662°N 13.183°E / 46.662; 13.183
Country Austria
State Carinthia
Number of municipalities7
Area
 • Total808.0 km2 (312.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2016-01-01 [1] )
 • Total18,435
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
NUTS code ?

The Bezirk Hermagor is an administrative district ( Bezirk ) in Carinthia, Austria.

The German term Bezirk translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions:

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The district has an area of 808.02 km2 (311.98 sq mi) and a population of 18,435 (as of 1 January 2016). The administrative center of the district is Hermagor-Pressegger See.

Hermagor-Pressegger See Place in Carinthia, Austria

Hermagor-Pressegger See is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Hermagor District. The town is named after Saint Hermagoras, the first bishop of Aquileia.

History

Its name refers to Saint Hermagoras, whose cult was centered at Aquileia. [2]

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Municipalities

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Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.

Dellach Place in Carinthia, Austria

Dellach is a municipality in the district of Hermagor, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Gitschtal Place in Carinthia, Austria

Gitschtal is a town in the district of Hermagor in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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Kirchbach is a market town in the Hermagor district in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

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References

  1. ↑ "Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016)", sdb.statistik.at, 2016-01-01.
  2. ↑ Ekkart Sauser (2003). "Hermagoras und Fortunatus". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 21. Nordhausen: Bautz. col. 650. ISBN   3-88309-110-3.


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