Tamsweg District

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	13,009	—
1880	12,868	−1.1%
1890	12,417	−3.5%
1900	12,974	+4.5%
1910	14,054	+8.3%
1923	13,785	−1.9%
1934	14,419	+4.6%
1939	14,283	−0.9%
1951	16,558	+15.9%
1961	17,519	+5.8%
1971	19,116	+9.1%
1981	20,106	+5.2%
1991	20,622	+2.6%
2001	21,283	+3.2%
Source: Statistik Austria

The Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative district (Bezirk) in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, and congruent with the Lungau region.

Geography

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.

Administrative divisions

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

Market towns

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

Municipalities

1. Göriach (371)
2. Lessach (575)
3. Mariapfarr (2,213)
4. Muhr (631)
5. Ramingstein (1,388)
6. Sankt Andrä im Lungau (738)
7. Sankt Margarethen im Lungau (771)
8. Thomatal (341)
9. Tweng (310)
10. Unternberg (984)
11. Weißpriach (335)
12. Zederhaus (1,250)

(population numbers May 15, 2001)

External links

Media related to Tamsweg District at Wikimedia Commons

• Regionaldevelopment Lungau
• Website with detailed information about the region, its tradition and local customs as well as tourism information