St. Johann im Pongau (district)

Infobox Austrian district
subject_name = Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau
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district_

region = Salzburg
population = 77,872 (2001)
prefix =
area = 1,755.37
car_plate = JO
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municipalities = 25
image_location = Salzburg Pongau.pngThe Bezirk Sankt Johann im Pongau is an administrative district ("Bezirk") in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Pongau region.

Area of the district is 1,755.37 km², with a population of 77,872 (May 15 2001), and population density 44 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Sankt Johann im Pongau.

Historical populations
1869 |27105
1880 |28678
1890 |30118
1900 |31499
1910 |36516
1923 |38317
1934 |41996
1939 |43115
1951 |53072
1961 |57100
1971 |63479
1981 |67410
1991 |71955
2001 |77872
footnote= Source: [http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/bevoelkerung/volkszaehlungen/bevoelkerungsstand/index.html Statistik Austria]

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 25 municipalities, three of them are towns, and seven of them are market towns.

Towns

# Bischofshofen (10,087)
# Radstadt (4,710)
# Sankt Johann im Pongau (10,260)

Market towns

# Altenmarkt im Pongau (3,486)
# Bad Hofgastein (6,727)
# Großarl (3,634)
# Sankt Veit im Pongau (3,330)
# Schwarzach im Pongau (3,526)
# Wagrain (3,127)
# Werfen (3,085)

Municipalities

# Bad Gastein (5,838)
# Dorfgastein (1,649)
# Eben im Pongau (2,005)
# Filzmoos (1,352)
# Flachau (2,625)
# Forstau (515)
# Goldegg (2,216)
# Hüttau (1,555)
# Hüttschlag (974)
# Kleinarl (743)
# Mühlbach am Hochkönig (1,629)
# Pfarrwerfen (2,174)
# Sankt Martin am Tennengebirge (1,406)
# Untertauern (453)
# Werfenweng (766)

(population numbers May 15 2001)

Tourist Attractions

* Liechtensteinklamm