Liezen

Liezen
Town hall

Coat of arms
Liezen
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°34′00″N 14°14′00″E / 47.56667°N 14.23333°E / 47.56667; 14.23333Coordinates: 47°34′00″N 14°14′00″E / 47.56667°N 14.23333°E / 47.56667; 14.23333
Country Austria
State Styria
District Liezen
Government
 • Mayor Roswitha Glashüttner (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total 56.36 km2 (21.76 sq mi)
Elevation 664 m (2,178 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
 • Total 6,865
 • Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 8940
Area code 03612
Vehicle registration LI
Website www.liezen.at

Liezen is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,944—    
18802,260+16.3%
18902,220−1.8%
19002,143−3.5%
19102,224+3.8%
19232,218−0.3%
19342,417+9.0%
19392,868+18.7%
19514,802+67.4%
19615,444+13.4%
19716,402+17.6%
19817,034+9.9%
19917,051+0.2%
20016,908−2.0%
20116,839−1.0%

Politics

Since 1995, the left-wing SPÖ party have held an absolute majority in the local council. As of the 2015 local elections, the SPÖ holds 13 out of 25 seats on the council, the ÖVP has 6, the FPÖ has 3, a local party known as Die LIEB has 2, and Die Grünen has 1.[2]

Economy

A large mechanical engineering plant, Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei, is located in the east of the town; it was connected to the "Noricum scandal" in the 1980s due to the illegal export of armaments. As of 2012, the company remained a large employer.

Liezen figures in the adventure novel series by Gerard de Villiers It is the location of the fictional Schloss von Linge home of the man of adventure Prince Malko Linge.

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Liezen.
  2. ↑ "Gemeinderatswahl 2015 vom 22.03.2015 [In Mandaten]". Liezen.at (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2018.


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