The Bezirk Landeck ( it, Distretto di Landeck) is an administrative district (''
Bezirk
The German term ''Bezirk'' (plural ''Bezirke'', derived from la, circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions:
* '' Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...
'') in
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
. It borders the district
Reutte
Reutte (; Swabian: ) is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district (''Districts of Austria''). Reutte is located on the Lech, and has a population of 6704 (as of 2018).
Neighbouring munic ...
in the north, the district
Imst
Imst (; Southern Bavarian: ''Imscht'') is a town in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of above sea level. With a current population (2013) of 9,552, Imst ...
in the east,
South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
, settlement_type = Autonomous province
, image_skyline =
, image_alt ...
(
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
) and
Graubünden (
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
) in the south, and the district
Bludenz
Bludenz (; Alemannic: ''Bludaz'') is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative seat of the Bludenz District, which encompasses about half of the Vorarlberg's territory.
Geography
The town is located on the Il ...
(
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...
) in the west.
The area of the district is 1,595 km². The population is 43,886 (January 1, 2015), with a population density of 28 persons per km². The administrative center is
Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geography
Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about . The town is situated in the valley of the Inn Ri ...
.
Geography
The district comprises the uppermost part of the
Inn
Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommo ...
valley and its tributary valleys
Kaunertal
The Kaunertal is a municipality and alpine valley in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The municipality is located about southeast of Landeck at the upper course of the Inn river.
The Kaunertal valley is 28 km (17 m ...
,
Stanzer Tal, and
Paznaun
The Paznaun () is a valley in Tyrol, Austria, leading south-west from Pians (856 m) to the Bielerhöhe (2071 m), a mountain pass at the border of Vorarlberg and Tyrol.
The Paznaun is watered by the Trisanna and surrounded by the Centr ...
. Mountain ranges in the district include parts of the
Ötztal Alps
The Ötztal Alps ( it, Alpi Venoste, german: Ötztaler Alpen) are a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps, in the State of Tyrol in western Austria and the Province of South Tyrol in northern Italy.
Geography
The Ötztal Alps are arrayed at ...
, the
Samnaun Alps
The Samnaun Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, named after the Swiss municipality of Samnaun. They are located at the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Graubünden canton of Switzerland.
The Samnaun Alps are separ ...
, parts of the
Verwall Alps
The Verwall Alps or Verwall Group Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, pp. 321-326. . are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps at the border of the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg.
It inclu ...
and the
Lechtal Alps
The Lechtal Alps (german: Lechtaler Alpen) are a mountain-range in western Austria, and part of the greater Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the river Lech which drains them north-ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian stat ...
, and the
Arlberg
Arlberg () is a massif between Vorarlberg and Tyrol in Austria. The highest peak is the Valluga at . The name ''Arlberg'' derives from the tradition of the "Arlenburg", who are said to have once established themselves on the Tyrolean side of the A ...
area.
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 30
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, one of which is a
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
.
City
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Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geography
Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about . The town is situated in the valley of the Inn Ri ...
(7,742)
Municipalities
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Faggen
Faggen is a municipality in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 10.5 km south of Landeck at the entrance of the ''Kauner Valley'' which is a side valley on the upper course of the Inn River.
It has six hamlet
' ...
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Fendels
Fendels is a municipality in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13 km south of Landeck on the upper course of the Inn River. The village was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1297. Until 1959 it was only re ...
(270)
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Fiss
Fiss is a municipality in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located south of Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geography
Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Ob ...
(978)
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Fließ (2,921)
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Flirsch
Flirsch is a municipality in the Landeck district in Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located 11 km west of Landeck and 10 km east of Sankt Anton am Arlberg.
Although the area was previously settled, the village was mentioned for the firs ...
(939)
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Galtür
Galtür is a village and ski resort in the upper Paznaun valley in Austrian state of Tyrol located in the Central Eastern Alps 35 km southwest of Landeck near the border of Vorarlberg and Switzerland.
History
Galtür was settled by th ...
(826)
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Grins (1,386)
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Ischgl
Ischgl () is a town in the Paznaun valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its ski resort is connected with that of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland to form one of the largest in the Alps. Ischgl was a major hotspot of the COVID-19 pandemi ...
(1,596)
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Kappl
Kappl is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located about 17 km southwest of Landeck in the Paznaun Valley. It is one of the larger municipalities in the valley. Kappl was mentioned for the first time in ...
(2,625)
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Kaunerberg
Kaunerberg is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 12.6 km southeast of Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geography
Landeck is l ...
(402)
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Kaunertal
The Kaunertal is a municipality and alpine valley in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The municipality is located about southeast of Landeck at the upper course of the Inn river.
The Kaunertal valley is 28 km (17 m ...
(630)
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Kauns
Kauns is a tiny municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located about 12 km southeast of Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geography
Landeck ...
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Ladis
Ladis is a municipality in the district of Landeck (district) in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 9.5 km south of Landeck and 1.4 km west of Faggen. The village is known because of its sulphur
Sulfur (or sulphur in British Engli ...
(533)
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Nauders
Nauders ( rm, Danuder) is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
The municipal area is situated in a high valley of the Ötztal Alps north of the Alpine crest, at an altitude of . It is located about ...
(1,558)
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Pettneu am Arlberg
Pettneu am Arlberg is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is located 16.3 km west of the city of Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
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(1,459)
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Pfunds
Pfunds is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 19.7 km south of the city of Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geography
Landeck ...
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Pians ''Pians also refers to the alumni association composed of St. Pius X Seminary and Sancta Maria Mater et Regina Seminarium alumni.''
Pians is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4.3 km west of the ...
(800)
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Prutz
Prutz is a municipality in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Located at the mouth of the Kauner valley on the upper Inn, it is 10 km south of the city of Landeck and 36 km north of Reschen Pass, that forms the bord ...
(1,735)
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Ried im Oberinntal
Ried im Oberinntal is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 12 km south of the city of Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geograp ...
(1,264)
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Sankt Anton am Arlberg
Sankt Anton am Arlberg, commonly referred to as St Anton, is a village and ski resort in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It lies in the Tyrolean Alps, with aerial tramways and chairlifts up to , yielding a vertical drop of . It is also a popular s ...
(2,564)
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Schönwies
Schönwies is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 8 km northeast of the city of Landeck and 7 km west of the city of Imst. The main source of income is the mining of limestone ballast stone.
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(1,712)
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See
See or SEE may refer to:
* Sight - seeing
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Music:
** ''See'' (album), studio album by rock band The Rascals
*** "See", song by The Rascals, on the album ''See''
** "See" (Tycho song), song by Tycho
* Television
* ...
(1,164)
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Serfaus
Serfaus is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is well known as part of the ski-region "Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis", which was formed when Serfaus teamed up with the two nearby municipalities of Fiss and Ladis in 19 ...
(1,081)
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Spiss
Spiss is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 22 km south of the city of Landeck at the border of Switzerland. It is one of the smallest communities in the district. Formerly a part of Nauders
Na ...
(134)
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Stanz bei Landeck (590)
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Strengen
Strengen is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 7.7 km west of the city of Landeck. The village was first mentioned in an atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of m ...
(1,208)
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Tobadill
Tobadill is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4 km west of the town of Landeck.
The village was first mentioned in documents in 1275 as „tabulat ill“. Formerly a part of Pians, the village w ...
(497)
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Tösens
Tösens is a municipality in the district of Landeck (district), Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol located 14 km south of the city of Landeck. The main source of income is tourism.
References
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Zams
Zams is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
The Inn River runs through Zams, which is situated in the river's basin together with its neighbour town Landeck. The geographical location is . Here, th ...
(3,273)
:(population numbers as of January 1, 2012)
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