Fernitz-Mellach is since 2015 a municipality with 4,654 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, Austria. It lies in the south of
Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities:
* Deutschfeistritz
* Dobl-Zwaring
* Eggersdorf bei Graz
* Feldkirchen bei Graz
...
. The municipality was founded as part of the
Styria municipal structural reform
The Styria municipal structural reform (German: ''Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform'') was a local government reform in the Austrian state of Styria, which was made effective January 1, 2015. This reform nearly halved the number of Styrian ...
,
at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns
Fernitz
Fernitz was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
and
Mellach
Mellach was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
.
Geography
Geographical layout
Fernitz-Mellach is located in the south part of the
Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it consists of the following municipalities:
* Deutschfeistritz
* Dobl-Zwaring
* Eggersdorf bei Graz
* Feldkirchen bei Graz
...
, about south of
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
. The municipality runs along the
Mur River.
Municipality arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following five sections (population as of 1 January 2015
):
* Dillach (365)
* Enzelsdorf (294)
*
Fernitz
Fernitz was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
(2954)
* Gnaning (402)
*
Mellach
Mellach was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
(595)
and consists of the
Katastralgemeinde
A cadastral community or cadastral municipality, is a Cadastre, cadastral subdivision of Municipality, municipalities in the nations of Austria,Cadastral Template for Austria, web-pageCT-AT Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Ser ...
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Fernitz
Fernitz was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
, Gnaning and
Mellach
Mellach was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
.
History
The municipality was founded on 1 January 2015 by merger of the municipality areas of
Fernitz
Fernitz was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
and
Mellach
Mellach was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Styria in Austria. Since the 2015 Sty ...
.
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Graz-Umgebung District