Mönichkirchen
Mönichkirchen | |
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Coordinates: 47°30′N 16°2′E / 47.500°N 16.033°E | |
Country | Austria |
State | Lower Austria |
District | Neunkirchen |
Government | |
• Mayor | Andreas Graf |
Area | |
• Total | 16.31 km2 (6.30 sq mi) |
Elevation | 967 m (3,173 ft) |
Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 606 |
• Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 2872 |
Area code | 02649 |
Website | www.moenichkirchen.at |
Mönichkirchen is a market town in the district of Neunkirchen in the south of the Austrian state of Lower Austria with a population of 607 inhabitants (1.1.2013).
Geography
[edit]Mönichkirchen is situated on the east side of the Wechsel mountain (1,743 m) in the south-east Industrieviertel near the border with Styria. The size of the village is 16.27 km². 68.34% of the area is forested.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 479 | — |
1880 | 546 | 14.0% |
1890 | 540 | −1.1% |
1900 | 526 | −2.6% |
1910 | 615 | 16.9% |
1923 | 579 | −5.9% |
1934 | 662 | 14.3% |
1939 | 646 | −2.4% |
1951 | 669 | 3.6% |
1961 | 752 | 12.4% |
1971 | 782 | 4.0% |
1981 | 741 | −5.2% |
1991 | 721 | −2.7% |
2001 | 623 | −13.6% |
2011 | 597 | −4.2% |
Sports
[edit]There are two sports clubs in Mönichkirchen:
- Winter sports club Mönichkirchen
- Soccer club FC Mönichkirchen
Around the village of Mönichkirchen there is a skiing resort that is joined by several lifts to the adjacent skiing resort of Mariensee (village of Aspangberg-Sankt Peter). The total length of ski-slopes of both resorts is about 13 km. Both villages operate three chair lifts and one drag lift.
During summer the region is commonly used for hiking and climbing.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.