The Bezirk Landeck () is an administrative district (''

Bezirk The German language, German term (; Grammatical number#Overview, pl. ; derived from , "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions: * , a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...

'') in

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. It borders the district Reutte in the north, the district Imst in the east,

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

(

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

) and Graubünden (

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

) in the south, and the district

Bludenz Bludenz (; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Bludaz'') is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg with around 15,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of the Bludenz District, which encompasses about half of Vorarlberg's territ ...

(

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

) in the west. The area of the district is 1,595 km². The population is 43,886 (January 1, 2015), with a population density of 28 persons per km². The administrative center is

Landeck Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck. Geography Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about . The town is situated in the valley of the Inn ...

Geography

The district comprises the uppermost part of the

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accomm ...

valley and its tributary valleys Kaunertal, Stanzer Tal, and

Paznaun The Paznaun () is a valley in Tyrol, Austria, leading south-west from Pians (856 m) to the Bielerhöhe (2071 m), a mountain pass at the border of Vorarlberg and Tyrol. The Paznaun is watered by the Trisanna and surrounded by the C ...

. Mountain ranges in the district include parts of the

Ötztal Alps The Ötztal Alps (, ) are a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps, in the Tyrol (state), State of Tyrol in western Austria and the South Tyrol, Province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. Geography The Ötztal Alps are arrayed at the head of ...

, the

Samnaun Alps The Samnaun Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, named after the Swiss municipality of Samnaun. They are located at the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Graubünden canton of Switzerland. The Samnaun Alps are se ...

, parts of the

Verwall Alps The Verwall Alps or Verwall GroupKev Reynolds, Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, pp. 321-326. . are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps at the border of the Austrian states of Tyrol (state), Tyr ...

and the Lechtal Alps, and the

Arlberg The Arlberg (, also: ''Arlberg Pass'') is a mountain pass between states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. Ski resorts at the Arlberg include Lech, Zürs, Stuben, St. Christoph, St. Anton, Oberlech, Stubenbach, Zug, and Warth. It is the m ...

area.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 30

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, one of which is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

City

(7,742)

Municipalities

# Faggen (371) # Fendels (270) # Fiss (978) #

Fließ Fließ is a municipality in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km south of Landeck on the upper course of the river Inn, in the upper part of Upper Inn Valley. It has nine hamlets and was already populated at the R ...

(2,921) # Flirsch (939) #

Galtür Galtür is a village and ski resort in the upper Paznaun valley in Austrian state of Tyrol located in the Central Eastern Alps 35 km southwest of Landeck near the border of Vorarlberg and Switzerland. History Galtür was settled by th ...

(826) # Grins (1,386) #

Ischgl Ischgl () is a town in the Paznaun valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its ski resort is connected with that of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland to form one of the largest in the Alps. Ischgl was a major hotspot in 2020 of the COVID-19 ...

(1,596) # Kappl (2,625) # Kaunerberg (402) # Kaunertal (630) # Kauns (472) # Ladis (533) # Nauders (1,558) # Pettneu am Arlberg (1,459) #

Pfunds Pfunds is a municipality in the district of Landeck (district), Landeck in the Federal states of Austria, Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol located 19.7 km south of the city of Landeck and 5 km north of the border to Switzerland. Th ...

(2,544) #

Pians Pians is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4.3 km west of the city of Landeck Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck. Geography Landeck i ...

(800) # Prutz (1,735) # Ried im Oberinntal (1,264) # Sankt Anton am Arlberg (2,564) # Schönwies (1,712) # See (1,164) # Serfaus (1,081) # Spiss (134) # Stanz bei Landeck (590) # Strengen (1,208) #

Tobadill Tobadill is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4 km west of the town of Landeck. The village was first mentioned in documents in 1275 as „tabulat ill“. Formerly a part of Pians, the village ...

(497) # Tösens (669) # Zams (3,273) :(population numbers as of January 1, 2012) :

References

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