Country Austria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 104,200 (1 Jan 2015) | State Tyrol Area 969.8 km² Number of municipalities 30 | |
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University University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Points of interest Kufstein Fortress, Kaiser Mountains, Thiersee Lake, Pfrillsee, Witches' Water Destinations Söll, Ellmau, Kufstein, Alpbach, Wildschönau | ||
The Bezirk Kufstein is an administrative district (bezirk) in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the Kitzbühel district in the southeast, and the Schwaz district in the southwest.
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Map of Kufstein District, Austria
The district has a geographical area of 969.81 km², and a population of 101,321 (2012) giving a population density of 104 people per km². The administrative center is Kufstein.
The district comprises the lower part of the Tyrolean Inn valley as far as the Bavarian border, the Alpbach valley, the Brandenberg valley, Wildschönau, and Thiersee. Mountain ranges within the district include the Brandenberg Alps, Kitzbühel Alps, and the Kaisergebirge. The largest lakes are the Reintal lakes, Thiersee, Hechtsee, Hintersteiner See and Walchsee.
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 30 municipalities, three of them are towns, and two of them are market towns.
Towns
- Kufstein (17,550)
- Rattenberg (405)
- Wörgl (12,723)
Market towns
- Brixlegg (2,809)
- Kundl (3,967)
Municipalities
- Alpbach (2,600)
- Angath (946)
- Angerberg (1,768)
- Bad Häring (2,568)
- Brandenberg (1,547)
- Breitenbach am Inn (3,321)
- Ebbs (5,239)
- Ellmau (2,659)
- Erl (1,452)
- Kirchbichl (5,363)
- Kramsach (4,609)
- Langkampfen (3,707)
- Mariastein (323)
- Münster (3,044)
- Niederndorf (2,631)
- Niederndorferberg (673)
- Radfeld (2,292)
- Reith im Alpbachtal (2,673)
- Rettenschöss (469)
- Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser (1,323)
- Schwoich (2,314)
- Söll (3,556)
- Thiersee (2,855)
- Walchsee (1,789)
- Wildschönau (4,146)