Dornbirn District

Dornbirn District Bezirk Dornbirn
District
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
Number of municipalities	3
Administrative seat	Dornbirn
Area
• Total	172.7 km2 (66.7 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• Total	82,721
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)

The Bezirk Dornbirn is an administrative district (Bezirk) in Vorarlberg, Austria. A rather young district, it was separated from the Feldkirch district in 1969.

The area of the district is 172.7 km², the population 82,721 (January 1, 2012), which makes a population density of 479 persons per km². The administrative center of the district is Dornbirn.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	16,801	—
1880	18,056	7.5%
1890	20,836	15.4%
1900	25,066	20.3%
1910	31,159	24.3%
1923	27,899	−10.5%
1934	30,897	10.7%
1939	32,079	3.8%
1951	39,814	24.1%
1961	49,845	25.2%
1971	62,051	24.5%
1981	68,708	10.7%
1991	72,750	5.9%
2001	75,901	4.3%
Source: Statistik Austria

Administrative divisions

The district consists of three municipalities, two of which (Dornbirn and Hohenems) are towns, the third (Lustenau) being the largest market town in Austria. Hohenems is the youngest town in Vorarlberg to have received town privileges (in 1983).

Towns

1. Dornbirn (46.080)
2. Hohenems (15.350)

Market town

1. Lustenau (21.291)

(population numbers January 1, 2012)