Bezirk Tamsweg is an administrative

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. It is congruent with the Lungau region (). The administrative centre of the district is Tamsweg.

Geography

The area of the Lungau

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is 1,019.65 km², with a population of 20,437 (Jan. 1, 2023), and population density 20 persons per km². It is located within the Central Eastern Alps, confined by the Hohe Tauern (High Tauern) range in the west, the Niedere Tauern (Low Tauern) in the north, and the Gurktal Alps ( Nock Mountains) in the south. The region is separated from the Salzburg

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region by the Radstädter Tauern Pass crossing the Niedere Tauern. In the south, the Katschberg Pass road leads to the neighbouring state of

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. Since 1974, the

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underpasses both ranges via the Tauern Road Tunnel and the Katschberg Tunnel. In the east, the upper river Mur, originating near Muhr, flows towards Murau in

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, accompanied by the narrow-gauge Taurach Railway and the Mur Valley Railway. Beside some pastoral economy, Lungau largely depends on

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Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 15

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, four of them are

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Market towns

Mariapfarr Mariapfarr is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Famous as the location of the Christmas carol Silent Night "Silent Night" () is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber ...

(2,475) # Mauterndorf (1,609) # St. Michael im Lungau (3,539) # Tamsweg (5,757)

Municipalities

# Göriach (345) # Lessach (547) # Muhr (489) # Ramingstein (1,040) # St. Andrä im Lungau (748) # St. Margarethen im Lungau (761) # Thomatal (356) # Tweng (239) # Unternberg (1,043) #

Weißpriach Weißpriach is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. It is located in a valley of the Niedere Tauern mountain range. History Weißpriach is known for the Romanesque church of Saint Rupert with its Byzan ...

(307) # Zederhaus (1,182) (population numbers Jan. 1, 2023) Gemeinden im Bezirk Tamsweg

External links

Regionaldevelopment Lungau

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