Tamsweg District Explained

Native Name:Bezirk Tamsweg
Native Name Lang:de
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Salzburg
Subdivision Type2:Number of municipalities
Subdivision Name2:15
Seat Type:Verwaltungssitz
Seat:Tamsweg
Leader Title:Bezirkshauptfrau
Leader Name:Michaela Rohrmoser
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:1,019.65
Population Total:20,437
Population As Of:2023
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Iso Code:AT-505
Blank Name Sec1:NUTS code

Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria. It is congruent with the Lungau region (in German pronounced as /ˈlʊŋˌɡaʊ̯/). The administrative centre of the district is Tamsweg.

Geography

The area of the Lungau plateau is 1,019.65 km2, with a population of 20,437 (Jan. 1, 2023), and population density 20 persons per km2. It is located within the Central Eastern Alps, confined by the Hohe Tauern (High Tauern) range in the west, the Niedere Tauern (Low Tauern) in the north, and the Gurktal Alps (Nock Mountains) in the south.

The region is separated from the Salzburg Pongau region by the Radstädter Tauern Pass crossing the Niedere Tauern. In the south, the Katschberg Pass road leads to the neighbouring state of Carinthia. Since 1974, the Tauern Autobahn underpasses both ranges via the Tauern Road Tunnel and the Katschberg Tunnel. In the east, the upper river Mur, originating near Muhr, flows towards Murau in Styria, accompanied by the narrow-gauge Taurach Railway and the Mur Valley Railway.

Beside some pastoral economy, Lungau largely depends on tourism.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 15 municipalities, four of them are market towns.

Market towns

  1. Mariapfarr (2,475)
  2. Mauterndorf (1,609)
  3. St. Michael im Lungau (3,539)
  4. Tamsweg (5,757)

Municipalities

  1. Göriach (345)
  2. Lessach (547)
  3. Muhr (489)
  4. Ramingstein (1,040)
  5. St. Andrä im Lungau (748)
  6. St. Margarethen im Lungau (761)
  7. Thomatal (356)
  8. Tweng (239)
  9. Unternberg (1,043)
  10. Weißpriach (307)
  11. Zederhaus (1,182)

(population numbers Jan. 1, 2023)

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