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In Austrian politics, a statutory city (German: Stadt mit eigenem Statut or Statutarstadt), also known in Burgenland as free city (German: Freistadt), is a city that is vested, in addition to its purview as a municipality, with the powers and duties of a district administrative authority.
There is no legal distinction between town and city in Austria; a Stadt (city) is an independent municipality that has been given the right to use that title. Below is a list of some of the largest cities by population, as well as a full listing of all cities and municipalities of Austria.
In Austrian politics, a statutory city , also known in Burgenland as free city , is a city that is vested, in addition to its purview as a municipality, with the powers and duties of a district administrative authority.
In Austrian politics, a statutory city (German: Stadt mit eigenem Statut or Statutarstadt) is a city that is vested, in addition to its purview as a municipality, with the powers and duties of a district administrative authority.
This is an alphabetically ordered list of cities and towns in Austria, arranged by state ( Bundesland ). ( See also city; urban planning .)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A statutory city is a city vested with both municipal and district administrative responsibility. Town hall personnel also serve as district personnel; the mayor also discharges the powers and duties of a head of district commission.
As of 2017, there are 94 districts. Of these 79 are districts headed by district commissions and 15 are statutory cities. Statutory cities are not usually referred to as "districts" outside government publications and the legal literature. A district headed by a district commission typically covers somewhere between ten and thirty municipalities .
