Vienna
Wien (German) | |
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Capital city | |
Descending, from top: Schönbrunn Palace, City Hall, Austrian Parliament, St. Stephen's Cathedral, and Hofburg Palace | |
Coordinates: 48°12′N 16°22′E / 48.200°N 16.367°E | |
Country | Austria |
Government | |
• Mayor and Governor | Michael Häupl (SPÖ) |
• Vice-Mayors |
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Area | |
• Capital city | 414.65 km2 (160.10 sq mi) |
• Land | 395.26 km2 (152.61 sq mi) |
• Water | 19.39 km2 (7.49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 151 (Lobau) – 542 (Hermannskogel) m (495–1,778 ft) |
Population (1. January 2017) | |
• Capital city | 1,867,960 |
• Rank | 1st in Austria (7th in EU) |
• Density | 4,326.1/km2 (11,205/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,600,000 |
• Ethnicity[1][2] | 61.2% Austrian 38.8% Other |
Statistik Austria,[3] VCÖ – Mobilität mit Zukunft[4] | |
Demonym(s) | Viennese, Wiener |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 1010–1423, 1600, 1601, 1810, 1901 |
Vehicle registration | W |
- Nominal GDP (2015)[5] | €86.5 billion/ US$96 billion |
- GDP per capita (2015)[6] | €47,700/ US$52,500[7] |
GeoTLD | .wien |
Website | www.wien.gv.at |
Official name | Historic Centre of Vienna |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iv, vi |
Designated | 2001 (25th session) |
Reference no. | 1033 |
UNESCO Region | Europe and North America |
Endangered | 2017[8] | –present
Vienna (/viˈɛnə/ (listen);[9][10] German: Wien [viːn] (listen); Central Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]; Viennese German and Austrian German: Wian [vɪa:n]) is the capital and largest city of Austria. It is also one of Austria's nine states.
It is in the east of the country on the river Danube. More than 1,800,000 people live there (2016). It is an administrative district (Bundesland) of its own.
Before World War I, it was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.