Vienna

Vienna
Wien  (German)
Capital city
Schönbrunn Palace
Vienna City Hall, Rathaus
Austrian Parliament
St. Stephen's Cathedral
Hofburg Palace
Flag of Vienna
Official seal of Vienna
Coat of arms of Vienna
Location of Vienna in Austria
Location of Vienna in Austria
Coordinates: 48°12′N 16°22′E / 48.200°N 16.367°E / 48.200; 16.367
Country Austria
Government
 • Mayor and GovernorMichael Häupl (SPÖ)
 • Vice-Mayors
Area
 • Capital city414.65 km2 (160.10 sq mi)
 • Land395.26 km2 (152.61 sq mi)
 • Water19.39 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Elevation
151 (Lobau) – 542 (Hermannskogel) m (495–1,778 ft)
Population
 (1. January 2017)
 • Capital city1,867,960 Increase
 • Rank1st in Austria (7th in EU)
 • Density4,326.1/km2 (11,205/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,600,000
 • Ethnicity[1][2]
61.2% Austrian
38.8% Other
 Statistik Austria,[3] VCÖ – Mobilität mit Zukunft[4]
Demonym(s)Viennese, Wiener
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1010–1423, 1600, 1601, 1810, 1901
Vehicle registrationW
 - Nominal GDP (2015)[5]€86.5 billion/ US$96 billion
 - GDP per capita (2015)[6]€47,700/ US$52,500[7]
GeoTLD.wien
Websitewww.wien.gv.at

Official nameHistoric Centre of Vienna
TypeCultural
Criteriaii, iv, vi
Designated2001 (25th session)
Reference no.1033
UNESCO RegionEurope and North America
Endangered2017 (2017)–present[8]

Vienna (/viˈɛnə/ (audio speaker iconlisten);[9][10] German: Wien [viːn] (audio speaker iconlisten); Central Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]; Viennese German and Austrian German: Wian [vɪa:n]) is the capital and largest city of Austria. It is also one of Austria's nine states.

It is in the east of the country on the river Danube. More than 1,800,000 people live there (2016). It is an administrative district (Bundesland) of its own.

Before World War I, it was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

  1. STATISTIK AUSTRIA. "Bevölkerung zu Jahres-/Quartalsanfang". statistik.at. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. "Vienna in figures 2012, Vienna City Administration Municipal Department 23 Economic Affairs, Labour and Statistics Responsible for the contents: Gustav Lebhart, page 6" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. "Statistik Austria – Bevölkerung zu Quartalsbeginn seit 2002 nach Bundesland". Statistik.at. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  4. "VCÖ.at: VCÖ fordert Nahverkehrsoffensive gegen Verkehrskollaps in den Städten". vcoe.at. 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  5. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/7192292/1-26022016-AP-EN.pdf/602b34e8-abba-439e-b555-4c3cb1dbbe6e
  6. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/7962764/1-30032017-AP-EN.pdf/4e9c09e5-c743-41a5-afc8-eb4aa89913f6
  7. XE.com average EUR/ USD ex. rate in 2015
  8. Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Historic Centre of Vienna inscribed on List of World Heritage in Danger". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
  9. Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0
  10. Roach, Peter (2011), Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-15253-2

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