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This is a complete list of the cities and towns in Austria. There is no legal distinction between town and city in Austria; a Stadt (city) is an independent municipality that has been given the right to use that title. Below is a list of some of the largest cities by population, as well as a full listing of all cities and municipalities of Austria.
Salzburg [a] is the fourth-largest city in Austria.In 2020, it had a population of 156,852. [7]The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of Iuvavum.Salzburg was founded as an episcopal see in 696 and became a seat of the archbishop in 798.
Graz (German: [ɡʁaːts] ⓘ) is the capital of the Austrian federal state of Styria and the second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. As of 1 January 2024, Graz had a population of 303,270. [4] In 2023, the population of the Graz larger urban zone (LUZ) stood at 660,238. [5]
Vienna (/ v i ˈ ɛ n ə / ⓘ vee-EN-ə; [9] [10] German: Wien ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants.
The city replaced Vienna as the capital of Lower Austria with a resolution by the Lower Austrian parliament on 10 July 1986. The Lower Austrian government has been hosted in St Pölten since 1997. The name St Pölten is derived from Hippolytus of Rome. The city was renamed to Sankt Hippolyt, then St Polyt and finally St Pölten.
Linz. The city’s territory, highlighted on a map of Upper Austria, with the borders of the surrounding districts visible. Linz (/ lɪnts / LINTS, [1] German: [ˈlɪnts] ⓘ; Czech: Linec [ˈlɪnɛt͡s]) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube, the city is in the far north of Austria, 30 ...
S. Cities and towns in Salzburg (federal state) (6 C, 1 P) Spa towns in Austria (1 C, 36 P) Cities and towns in Styria (13 C, 1 P)
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting. [6][7]