Tamsweg (district)

Infobox Austrian district
subject_name = Bezirk Tamsweg
region_

district_

region = Salzburg
population = 21,283 (2001)
prefix =
area = 1,019.69
car_plate = TA
nuts_code =
municipalities = 15
image_location = Salzburg Lungau.pngThe Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district ("Bezirk") in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Lungau region.

Area of the district is 1,019.69 km², with a population of 21,283 (May 15 2001), and population density 21 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Tamsweg.

Historical populations
1869 |13009
1880 |12868
1890 |12417
1900 |12974
1910 |14054
1923 |13785
1934 |14419
1939 |14283
1951 |16558
1961 |17519
1971 |19116
1981 |20106
1991 |20622
2001 |21283
footnote= Source: [http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/bevoelkerung/volkszaehlungen/bevoelkerungsstand/index.html Statistik Austria]

Administrative divisions

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

Market towns

# Mauterndorf (1,850)
# Sankt Michael im Lungau (3,590)
# Tamsweg (5,936)

Municipalities

# Göriach (371)
# Lessach (575)
# Mariapfarr (2,213)
# Muhr (631)
# Ramingstein (1,388)
# Sankt Andrä im Lungau (738)
# Sankt Margarethen im Lungau (771)
# Thomatal (341)
# Tweng (310)
# Unternberg (984)
# Weißpriach (335)
# Zederhaus (1,250)

(population numbers May 15 2001)