The Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau 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 the federal state of

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, and congruent with the Pongau region. Area of the district is 1,755.37 km², with a population of 77,872 (May 15, 2001), and population density 44 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is St. Johann im Pongau.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 25

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, three of them are

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s, and seven of them are

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

Towns

Bischofshofen Bischofshofen () is a List of cities and towns in Austria, town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on ...

(10,087) # Radstadt (4,710) # St. Johann im Pongau (10,260)

Market towns

# Altenmarkt im Pongau (3,486) # Bad Hofgastein (6,727) # Großarl (3,634) # St. Veit im Pongau (3,330) #

Schwarzach im Pongau Schwarzach im Pongau is a market town in the St. Johann im Pongau District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography It is located in the valley of the Salzach river, between the Hohe Tauern mountain range (Goldberg and Ankogel groups) in th ...

(3,526) # Wagrain (3,127) # Werfen (3,085)

Municipalities

# Bad Gastein (5,838) # Dorfgastein (1,649) # Eben im Pongau (2,005) # Filzmoos (1,352) # Flachau (2,625) # Forstau (515) # Goldegg (2,216) # Hüttau (1,555) # Hüttschlag (974) # Kleinarl (743) # Mühlbach am Hochkönig (1,629) #

Pfarrwerfen Pfarrwerfen is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. Geography Pfarrwerfen lies in the Pongau. References Gallery File:Pöham, straatzicht met ...

(2,174) # St. Martin am Tennengebirge (1,406) # Untertauern (453) # Werfenweng (766) (population numbers May 15, 2001) left, upright=1.5

Tourist attractions

* Liechtensteinklamm

External links