Kirchbach-Zerlach
| Kirchbach-Zerlach | ||
|---|---|---|
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  Kirchbach-Zerlach Location within Austria | ||
| Coordinates: 46°56′00″N 15°40′00″E / 46.93333°N 15.66667°ECoordinates: 46°56′00″N 15°40′00″E / 46.93333°N 15.66667°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Styria | |
| District | Südoststeiermark | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Franz Löffler (ÖVP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 123.45 km2 (47.66 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 334 m (1,096 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016)[1] | ||
| • Total | 3,271 | |
| • Density | 26/km2 (69/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal codes | 8082, 8081, 8083 | |
| Area code | 03116 | |
| Website | www.kirchbach.at | |
Kirchbach-Zerlach is since 2015 a municipality with 3,271 residents (as of 2016-01-01) in the Südoststeiermark District of Styria, Austria. In 2015 the municipality was called Kirchbach in der Steiermark.
The municipality of Kirchbach-Zerlach was formed as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[2] at the end of 2014, from the former towns of Kirchbach in Steiermark and Zerlach.[3]
After a municipal council agreement, from 1 January 2016, the municipality bears the name "Kirchbach-Zerlach".[4][5]
Geography
Neighboring municipalities
| Sankt Marein bei Graz (Bezirk Graz-Umgebung) |
Kirchberg an der Raab | ||
| Pirching am Traubenberg |  |
Sankt Stefan im Rosental | |
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| Schwarzautal (Bezirk Leibnitz) |
Municipalities arrangement
The municipality territory includes the following 12 sections (populations as of 1 January 2015[6]) bzw. drei Katastralgemeinden (Fläche 2015):
| Ortschaften | Katastralgemeinden |
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Demographics
The area population has generally increased after 1869, as shown in the bargraph below.
Politics
Mayor
The town mayor is Franz Löffler (ÖVP).
Further of the council, the 1st vice-mayor Anton Prödl (ÖVP), the 2nd vice-mayor Karl Süßmaier (Liste "Gemeinsam mehr bewegen"), the town treasurer Thomas Zach (ÖVP), and the board member Josef Luttenberger (ÖVP).[7]
Municipal council
The town council in 2015 had 21 members (prior 30 = 15 in Kirchbach + 15 in Zerlach) and convened with the following parties:
The last town election had the following results:
| Party | 2015 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
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| merged municipality | Kirchbach | Zerlach | Kirchbach | Zerlach | Kirchbach | Zerlach | |||||||||||||||
| Stimmen | % | Mandate | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | St. | % | M. | |
| ÖVP | 1488 | 66 | 15 | 551 | 53 | 8 | 1056 | 89 | 14 | 529 | 50 | 8 | 1024 | 85 | 13 | 594 | 59 | 10 | 947 | 83 | 13 |
| SPÖ | 196 | 9 | 2 | 197 | 19 | 3 | 137 | 11 | 1 | 166 | 16 | 2 | 186 | 15 | 2 | 65 | 6 | 1 | x | ||
| FPÖ | 166 | 7 | 1 | x | 35 | 3 | 0 | x | 48 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Die Grünen | 48 | 2 | 0 | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Gemeinsam mehr Bewegen | 349 | 16 | 3 | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| United Namelist Town Kirchbach |
x | 298 | 28 | 4 | x | 337 | 32 | 5 | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| Unabhängige Namensliste | x | x | x | x | x | x | 120 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kirchbacher Heimatliste Walter Patschok |
x | x | x | x | x | x | 174 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Heimatliste Zerlach | x | x | x | x | x | x | 121 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Votes | 2,260 | 1,061 | 1,472 | 1,077 | 1,438 | 1,007 | 1,307 | ||||||||||||||
| Electoral participation | 81 % | 81 % | 82 % | 82 % | 85 % | 82 % | 88 % | ||||||||||||||
- x = not candidate
References
- ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 2016-01-01), 2016-01-01.
- ↑ Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
- ↑ § 3 Abs. 9 Z 4 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark vom 2. April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. Template:ZDB-ID. S. 4.
- ↑ 87. Kundmachung der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung vom 15. Oktober 2015 über die Änderung des Gemeindenamens der im politischen Bezirk Südoststeiermark gelegenen Marktgemeinde „Kirchbach in der Steiermark“ in „Kirchbach-Zerlach“, LGBl., ausgegeben am 20. Oktober 2015
- ↑ „Schon wieder neue Gemeinde-Namen“ auf www.krone.at am 13. Oktober 2015, abgerufen am 21. Oktober 2015
- ↑ Einwohner nach Ortschaften (Excel-Datei, 766 KB); abgerufen am 29. Juli 2015
- ↑ Gemeinde Kirchbach in der Steiermark: Gemeinderat, abgerufen am 8. Mai 2015
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirchbach-Zerlach. |
- "Municipal data for Kirchbach-Zerlach". Statistik Austria. - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Gemeinde Kirchbach-Zerlach: Offizieller Internetauftritt der Gemeinde