Völkermarkt district

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Bezirk Feldkirchen Bezirk Hermagor Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Bezirk Klagenfurt-Land Bezirk Sankt Veit an der Glan Bezirk Spittal an der Drau Villach Bezirk Villach-Land Bezirk Völkermarkt Bezirk WolfsbergLocation of the Völkermarkt district in the federal state of Carinthia (clickable map)
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Basic data
state Carinthia
NUTS III region AT-213
Administrative headquarters Völkermarkt
surface 908 km²
Residents 41,862 (January 1, 2020)
Population density 46 inhabitants / km²
License Plate VK
website www.bh-voelkermarkt.ktn.gv.at
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Bleiburg Diex Eberndorf Eisenkappel-Vellach Feistritz ob Bleiburg Gallizien Globasnitz Griffen Neuhaus Ruden Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See Sittersdorf Völkermarkt KärntenLocation of the municipality Völkermarkt district in the Völkermarkt district (clickable map)
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The Völkermarkt district is a political district in the Austrian state of Carinthia .

Administrative division

The Völkermarkt district is divided into 13 communities , including two towns and four market communities . The population figures are from January 1st, 2020.

Municipalities in the Völkermarkt district
local community Slovenian location Ew km² Ew / km² Judicial district region Type
Bleiburg
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Pliberk Bleiburg in the district VK.png 4,058 69.75 58 Bleiburg urban
community
Diex
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Djekše Diex in the district VK.png 787 54.79 14th Völkermarkt local community
Eberndorf
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Dobrla vas Eberndorf in the district of VK.png 5,870 67.81 87 Völkermarkt market
community
Eisenkappel-Vellach
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Železna Kapla-Bela Eisenkappel-Vellach in the district of VK.png 2,272 199.43 11 Eisenkappel market
community
Feistritz ob Bleiburg
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Bistrica nad Pliberkom Feistritz ob Bleiburg in the district VK.png 2,200 54.19 41 Bleiburg market
community
Gallicia
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Galicija Gallizien in the district VK.png 1,751 46.72 37 Eisenkappel local community
Globasnitz
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Globasnica Globasnitz in the district VK.png 1,598 38.33 42 Bleiburg local community
Handles
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Grebinj Griffen in the district VK.png 3,428 74.86 46 Völkermarkt market
community
Neuhaus
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Suha Neuhaus in the district VK.png 1,019 36.36 28 Bleiburg local community
Ruden
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Ruda Ruden in the district VK.png 1,526 42.39 36 Völkermarkt local community
Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See
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Škocjan v Podjuni Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See in the district VK.png 4,480 41.08 109 Völkermarkt local community
Sittersdorf
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Žitara vas Sittersdorf in the district VK.png 1,974 45.05 44 Eisenkappel local community
Völkermarkt
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Velikovec Völkermarkt in the district VK.png 10,899 137.44 79 Völkermarkt urban
community

Population development

The Völkermarkt district currently has 42,027 inhabitants (as of 2018). That is a decrease of around 1,500 inhabitants since 2001. This 3.5% decrease is significantly less than in the western districts of Carinthia. By 2030, the population is expected to decrease by a further 3.5%. One reason for this is the low birth rate: in 2017 there were 8.1 births per 1,000 inhabitants in the Völkermarkt district, 8.7 in Carinthia and 9.9 in Austria.

The average income is below average compared to Austria. It is about the same as Carinthia, but with a stronger upward trend.

The unemployment rate is at the same high level as Carinthia and above the Austrian average. While the proportion of long-term unemployed is above the Carinthian average and only approached the national average in 2017, youth unemployment is very low and continues to decline:

Average income in euros
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Share of young unemployed in%

economy

The Völkermarkt district has a strong manufacturing sector, with a particularly strong technology sector. Also the tourism is an important industry . The region around Lake Klopein in particular makes a significant contribution to the one million overnight stays annually.

Klopeiner See

Economic structure

The share of the population in agriculture and forestry is at 1% in Völkermarkt at the same level as in Carinthia and Austria. However, the production sector is very pronounced, with a particularly high proportion in the technology sector.

Völkermarkt
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Agriculture near Bleiburg

Agriculture and Forestry

The importance of agriculture is in the Carinthian average: The population of 15,140 cattle corresponds to 8.0% of the Carinthian population with 9.5% area. The share of alpine farming is very low . Only 0.3% of the Carinthian alpine pastures are in the district and only 5 of the total of 1,878 Carinthian alpine farms are in Völkermarkt.

In return, the sale of wood and especially of coniferous wood is above the Carinthian average. In 2017, 283,000 cubic meters of wood were processed, of which 258,000 cubic meters were softwood.

Knecht / Mahle filter factory near Bleiburg

Industry / manufacturing, manufacturing of goods

The industrial companies with the most employees in the Völkermarkt district are (as of 2016):

company Employees
Knecht Filterwerk Vertriebs-GmBH 1.910
Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems Austria GmbH & Co. KG 700
URBAS Maschinenfabrik GmbH 390
WILD GmbH 230
CCL LABEL GmbH 130
Sinnex Innenausbau GmbH 120
KRUSCHITZ GmbH 110

The largest service companies are

company Employees
JAUNTALER HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT Siblings RUTAR & CO. EBERNDORF 210
Mochoritsch Gastronomie GmbH 190
SHORT CENTER BAD EISENKAPPEL GmbH 100

The district's work centers are the main town Völkermarkt and Feistritz ob Bleiburg and Eberndorf. Over 60% of all jobs in the district are in these three communities.

Number of establishments per municipality

tourism

St. Kanzian am Klopeiner See

Tourism is very unevenly distributed in the Völkermarkt district: the St. Kanzian community has more than half of all overnight stays in the district. The center of attraction is the Klopeiner See. This can also be seen in the strong overhang of summer nights:

Breakdown of overnight stays in winter and summer in the tourism year 2017:

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Overnight stays in the tourism year 2017 (in thousands):

The development of overnight stays is above the average for Carinthia and has increased sharply in recent years:

Railway line Klagenfurt - Bleiburg near St. Kanzian
A2 motorway near Völkermarkt

Infrastructure / traffic

Although the district is close to the Carinthian central area Klagenfurt - Villach , the region is classified as peripheral.

  • Railway : The railway line Klagenfurt - Dravograd - Maribor ( Slovenia ) runs right through the district with the junction to Wolfsberg in Bleiburg. This offers hourly rapid transit connections to Klagenfurt and Wolfsberg, but the district capital Völkermarkt has no rail connection. The Koralm Railway , which is currently under construction , will run through the district, but no stopping point for express trains is planned.
  • Road : The main traffic artery is the Süd Autobahn , which runs right through the district and connects it well with Klagenfurt / Italy in the west and Graz / Vienna in the northeast. There are only regional connections to Slovenia in the south via the Seebergsattel and the border crossing at Bleiburg.

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
  2. a b c d e WIBIS, Carinthian Economic Development Fund - District Profile 2017. Accessed on January 30, 2019 .
  3. Carinthia Economic Association, Völkwermarkt district. Accessed January 30, 2019 .
  4. ^ Province of Carinthia, Agriculture Report 2017. Accessed January 30, 2019 .
  5. a b c AMS Labor Market Information System, district profiles 2016. Accessed on January 30, 2019 .
  6. Statistics Austria, Workplace Census 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2019 .
  7. ^ Province of Carinthia, Tourism. Accessed January 30, 2019 .
  8. ^ ÖBB, Koralm Railway. Accessed January 30, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Bezirk Völkermarkt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 40 '  N , 14 ° 38'  E