Landeck (district)

Infobox Austrian district
subject_name = Bezirk Landeck
region_

district_
region = Tyrol
population = 42,799 (2001)
prefix =
area = 1,594.81
car_plate = LA
nuts_code =
municipalities = 30
image_location = Karte-tirol-LA.pngThe Bezirk Landeck is an administrative district ("Bezirk") in Tyrol, Austria. It borders the district Reutte in the north, the district Imst in the east, Bolzano-Bozen (Italy) and Graubünden (Switzerland) in the south, and the district Bludenz (Vorarlberg) in the west.

Area of the district is 1,594.81 km², with a population of 42,799 (May 15 2001), and population density of 27 persons per km². Administrative center is Landeck.

Geography

The district comprises the uppermost part of the Inn valley, and its tributary valleys Kaunertal, Stanzer Tal, and Paznaun. Mountain ranges in the district include parts of the Ötztal Alps, the Samnaun Alps, parts of the Verwall Alps and the Lechtal Alps, and the Arlberg area.

Historical populations
1869 |21634
1880 |22354
1890 |20984
1900 |20836
1910 |22415
1923 |23352
1934 |24708
1939 |26316
1951 |28882
1961 |31106
1971 |35629
1981 |37553
1991 |40207
2001 |42799
footnote= Source: [http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/bevoelkerung/volkszaehlungen/bevoelkerungsstand/index.html Statistik Austria]

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 30 municipalities, one of them is a town.

Towns

# Landeck (7,336)

Municipalities

# Faggen (280)
# Fendels (258)
# Fiss (859)
# Fließ (2,924)
# Flirsch (941)
# Galtür (774)
# Grins (1,295)
# Ischgl (1,489)
# Kappl (2,586)
# Kaunerberg (344)
# Kaunertal (593)
# Kauns (447)
# Ladis (533)
# Nauders (1,536)
# Pettneu am Arlberg (1,454)
# Pfunds (2,488)
# Pians (819)
# Prutz (1,670)
# Ried im Oberinntal (1,212)
# Sankt Anton am Arlberg (2,523)
# Schönwies (1,654)
# See (1,100)
# Serfaus (1,091)
# Spiss (143)
# Stanz bei Landeck (592)
# Strengen (1,253)
# Tobadill (522)
# Tösens (695)
# Zams (3,388)

(population numbers May 15 2001)