Facts & Figures about Salzburg
The area of the federal state Salzburg covers more than 7.000 km². 119 municipalities spread over six political districts.
With more than 13 km² the lake Wolfgang is the biggest lake, the highest mountain is the Großvenediger with 3.673 m sea level. In addition, there are other interesting data and figures regarding landscape, population and nature of the federal state Salzburg.
Federal State Salzburg |
|
Area in km² |
7.154,4 |
Share in Federal Territory in % |
8,5 |
Length of National Border in km |
174 |
Political Districts |
6 |
Cities with their own Statute |
1 |
Rural Districts |
5 |
Municipalities |
119 |
Townships (Corporate towns) |
10 |
Communities |
25 |
Residents with Principal Residence |
|
City (Status 01/01/2005) |
150.269 |
Province (Annual average 2003) |
521.238 |
Lakes with an area of more than 2 km² |
Area in km² |
Wolfgang- or Abersee |
13,5 |
Wallersee |
6,4 |
Obertrumer See |
4,9 |
Zeller See |
4,7 |
Mattsee = Niedertrumer See |
3,6 |
Fuschlsee |
2,7 |
Rivers with a length of more than 20 km |
|
Salzach |
212 |
Saalach |
83 |
Mur |
48 |
Lammer |
40 |
Gasteiner Ache |
35 |
Große Arl |
30 |
Königseeache |
30 |
Enns |
28 |
Fritzbach |
28 |
Fischach |
24 |
Alpine Passages (traffic routes) |
Sea level in m |
Großglocknerstraße, Hochtor (Salzburg, Carinthia) |
2.505 |
Radstädter Tauern (Salzburg) |
1.739 |
Felbertauernstraße (Salzburg, Tyrol) |
1.652 |
Katschberg (Salzburg, Carinthia) |
1.641 |
Gerlos Paß (Salzburg, Tyrol) |
1.507 |
Paß Thurn (Salzburg, Tyrol) |
1.274 |
Mountains with a sea level of more than 3.000 m |
Sea level in m |
Großvenediger |
3.673 |
Großes Wiesbachhorn |
3.564 |
Dreiherrnspitze |
3.499 |
Hoher Tenn |
3.368 |
Großer Geiger |
3.360 |
Hohe Riffl |
3.338 |
Reichenspitz |
3.303 |
Hocharn |
3.254 |
Ankogel |
3.246 |
Kitzsteinhorn |
3.203 |
Hochsonnblick |
3.105 |
Granatspitz |
3.086 |
Großer Hafner |
3.076 |
Wildkarspitz |
3.073 |
