Villach-Land 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 Villach-Land district in the federal state of Carinthia (clickable map)
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Basic data
state Carinthia
NUTS III region AT-211
Administrative headquarters Villach
surface 1009 km²
Residents 64,618 (January 1, 2020)
Population density 64 inhabitants / km²
License Plate VL
District Commission
District Captain Bernd Riepan
website BH-Villach-Land
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Arnoldstein Arriach Bad Bleiberg Feistritz an der Gail Feld am See Ferndorf Finkenstein am Faaker See Fresach Hohenthurn Nötsch im Gailtal Paternion Rosegg Sankt Jakob im Rosental Stockenboi Treffen am Ossiacher See Velden am Wörther See Weißenstein Wernberg (Kärnten) Afritz am See Villach KärntenLocation of the municipality of the district of Villach-Land in the district of Villach-Land (clickable map)
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The Villach-Land district (officially: "Villach Land") is a political district in the Austrian state of Carinthia .

Within Carinthia, the district has the largest Protestant portion.

Administrative division

The Villach-Land district covers 1,009.2 km² and is divided into 19 communities , including nine market communities . The population figures are from January 1st, 2020.

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local community Slovenian location Ew km² Ew / km² Judicial district region Type

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Afritz am See
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Zobrce Afritz am See in the district VL.png 1,404 28.06 50 Villach local community

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Arnoldstein
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Podklošter Arnoldstein in the district VL.png 7,038 67.47 104 Villach market
community

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Arriach
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Arjoh Arriach in the district VL.png 1,333 70.82 19th Villach local community

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Bad Bleiberg
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Plajberk pri Beljaku Bad Bleiberg in the district VL.png 2,179 44.74 49 Villach market
community

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Feistritz on the Gail
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Bistrica na Zilji Feistritz an der Gail in the district VL.png 619 19.32 32 Villach local community

Field by the lake
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Obernšec Feld am See in the district VL.png 1,083 33.65 32 Villach local community

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Ferndorf
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Perja vas Ferndorf in the district VL.png 2,088 31.41 66 Villach local community

Finkenstein am Faaker See
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Bekštanj Finkenstein am Faaker See in the district VL.png 9,059 102.06 89 Villach market
community

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Fresach
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Pretzel Fresach in the district VL.png 1,216 38.78 31 Villach local community

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Hohenthurn
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Straja vas Hohenthurn in the district VL.png 872 27.23 32 Villach local community

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Nötsch in the Gail Valley
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Čajna Nötsch im Gailtal in the district VL.png 2,271 42.72 53 Villach market
community

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Paternion
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Špaterjan Paternion in the district VL.png 5,799 105.46 55 Villach market
community

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Rosegg
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Rožek Rosegg in the district VL.png 1,822 19.15 95 Villach market
community

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Sankt Jakob im Rosental
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Šentjakob v Rožu Sankt Jakob im Rosental in the district VL.png 4,292 78.62 55 Villach market
community

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Stockenboi
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Štokboj Stockenboi in the district VL.png 1.611 100.07 16 Villach local community

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Meeting at Lake Ossiach
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Trebinje ob Osojskem jezeru Meeting at Ossiacher See in the district VL.png 4,462 71.04 63 Villach market
community

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Velden am Wörther See
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Vrba na Koroškem Velden am Wörther See in the district VL.png 9,025 53 170 Villach market
community

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Weissenstein
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Bilšak Weißenstein in the district VL.png 2,919 49.17 59 Villach market
community

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Wernberg
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Vernberk Wernberg in the district VL.png 5,526 26.43 209 Villach local community

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population

Population development

Mittagskogel, Karawanken

The Villach Land district has 64,745 inhabitants (as of 2018). The Karawanken and the Carnic Alps in the south, the rivers Gail and Drau as well as the Faaker See and the parts of the Wörther See and Ossiacher See are characteristic of the landscape . The district has had continuous population growth over decades, which has flattened out in recent years. Settlement and work focus are the tourism communities Velden am Wörthersee and Finkenstein am Faaker See.

Income, unemployment

The average income in the district is well below the average for Austria and also below that of Carinthia. The unemployment rate is between that of Carinthia and Austria. The proportion of long-term unemployed has increased in recent years, but the proportion of unemployed young people is well below the national average.

Average income in euros
Unemployment rate in percent
Share of long-term unemployed in percent
Share of young unemployed in percent

education

The trend towards higher education is also evident in the Villach Land district. The low proportion of compulsory school leavers is particularly striking:

Villach country
Carinthia
Austria

economy

In the Villach Land district there are communities with very different economic characteristics: Arriach mainly has agriculture and forestry , Arnoldstein is characterized by trade and industry and Velden has a strong tourism .

The majority of over 90% are made up of small and medium-sized companies, but there are also a number of leading companies such as Omya, Chemson, Strussnig, Seppele or Evonik Degussa in the region. The district also benefits from its location in the hub of Vienna , Germany , Italy and Slovenia .

Economic structure

The service sector is very pronounced , with tourism in particular playing a central role. The division into the areas of agriculture, production and service corresponds to that of Carinthia as a whole.

Villach country
Carinthia

Agriculture and Forestry

In 2017 the Villach Land district had a herd of 17,898 cattle, which is not quite 10% of the Carinthian herd.

The logging with 407,000 solid cubic meters, on the other hand, corresponds to around 15% of the Carinthian amount.

Industry / manufacturing, manufacturing of goods

Omya plant in Gummern

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

  • Omya GmbH
  • Peter Seppele GmbH
  • Strussnig Produktions GmbH
  • Swietelsky BauGmbH
  • Evonik GmbH

The two municipalities of Velden and Finkenstein have the most tourist businesses, Arnoldstein was able to settle 35 companies in the industrial and commercial park opened in 1991.

tourism

Tourism plays an important role for the three communities on the lakes: Velden am Wörther See, Finkenstein am Faaker See and Treffen am Ossiacher See mostly have guests from abroad:

Overnight stays in the tourism year 2017 (in thousands)

Fürnitz marshalling yard
A11 Karawanken motorway

Infrastructure / traffic

Web links

Commons : District Villach-Land  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. www.ktn.gv.at/Verwaltung/Bezirke Land Kärnten
  2. Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
  3. a b AMS, Labor Market Profile Villach, 2017. Accessed on February 25, 2019 .
  4. a b c WIBIS Carinthia, district profile 2017. Accessed on February 25, 2019 .
  5. Statistics Austria, educational level of the population aged 25 to 64 by district, 2016. Accessed on February 25, 2019 .
  6. Carinthia Economic Association, Villach Land district. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .
  7. ^ Province of Carinthia, Agriculture Report 2017. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 .
  8. Statistics Austria, workplaces and companies, average number of employees per place of work. 2016, accessed February 25, 2019 .
  9. Carinthia, S042 nights. 2017, accessed February 25, 2019 .

Coordinates: 46 ° 39 '  N , 13 ° 39'  E