The Traunviertel is an

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 ...

n region belonging to the state of

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. It is one of four "quarters" of Upper Austria and its name refers to the river Traun which passes through the area.

Region

The district includes the

Linz-Land Bezirk Linz-Land is a Districts of Austria, district of Upper Austria in Austria. Municipalities Towns (''Städte'') are indicated in boldface; market towns (''Marktgemeinden'') in ''italics''; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a munic ...

, Steyr-Land, Kirchdorf, Gmunden, Steyr, and the city of

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. Major towns in Traunviertel include the capital of Upper Austria Linz, Gmunden, Kirchdorf an der Krems, and Steyr.

References

Geography of Upper Austria {{UpperAustria-geo-stub