The Bezirk Kitzbühel is an administrative district () in
Tyrol
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,
Austria
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. It borders
Bavaria
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(
Germany
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) in the north, the
Kufstein
Kufstein (; ) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 20,000 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The greatest landmark is Kufstein For ...
and
Schwaz
Schwaz () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley.
Location
Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch ...
districts in the west, and the
Pinzgau
The Bezirk Zell am See is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pinzgau region ().
The area of the district is , with a population of 84,124 (May 15, 2001), and population dens ...
region (
Salzburg
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) in the east and south.
Area of the district is 1,163.06 km
2, population was 61,966 (January 1, 2012), and population density 53 persons per km
2. Administrative center of the district is
Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ...
.
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 20
municipalities
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The term ''municipality' ...
, one of them is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
, and three of them are
market town
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s.
Towns
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Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ...
(8,134)
Market towns
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Fieberbrunn
Fieberbrunn is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district. It is located at , in the Kitzbühel Alps. Fieberbrunn is the most populous municipality in the Pillerseetal valley.
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(4,396)
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Hopfgarten im Brixental (5,556)
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Sankt Johann in Tirol (8,734)
Municipalities
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Aurach bei Kitzbühel (1,125)
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Brixen im Thale (2,673)
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Going am Wilden Kaiser
Going am Wilden Kaiser is a Municipality (Austria), municipality in the district of Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel in the Austrian region of Sölllandl. It is located 8.5 km northwest of Kitzbühel and 5 km west of Sankt Johann in Tir ...
(1,866)
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Hochfilzen
Hochfilzen is a town and municipality in the Kitzbühel (district), Kitzbühel district of the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. It is located in the Pillersee valley 5 km east of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,147 in 2016.
It is a popu ...
(1,139)
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Itter (1,176)
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Jochberg (1,583)
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Kirchberg in Tirol (5,102)
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Kirchdorf in Tirol (3,859)
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Kössen (4,202)
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Oberndorf in Tirol (2,019)
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Reith bei Kitzbühel (1,678)
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Sankt Jakob in Haus (759)
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Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee (1,609)
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Schwendt (790)
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Waidring (1,946)
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Westendorf (3,620)
(population numbers January 1, 2012)
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Districts of Tyrol (federal state)