In Austria, a district is a second-level division of the country's government. The first-level division are States of Austria.

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Austria's 94 current districts. Statutory cities in red.

District offices are the main point of contact for things like: marriage licenses, driver licenses, passports, assembly permits, hunting permits, or dealings with public health officers.

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.

List of current districts

statutory cities coded with an asterix (*)
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Code District Estab­lished License plate(s) Administrative seat Popu­lation 2014
101Eisenstadt * 1921E* 13,485
102Rust * 1921E* 1,942
103Eisenstadt-Umgebung 1921EUEisenstadt (not part of the district) 41,474
104Güssing 1921GSGüssing 26,394
105Jennersdorf 1921JEJennersdorf 17,376
106Mattersburg 1921MAMattersburg 39,134
107Neusiedl am See 1921NDNeusiedl am See 56,504
108Oberpullendorf 1921OPOberpullendorf 37,534
109Oberwart 1921OWOberwart 53,573
201Klagenfurt am Wörthersee * 1850K* 96,640
202Villach * 1932VI* 60,004
203Hermagor 1868HEHermagor-Pressegger See 18,547
204Klagenfurt-Land 1868KLKlagenfurt am Wörthersee (not part of the district) 58,435
205Sankt Veit an der Glan 1868SVSt. Veit an der Glan 55,394
206Spittal an der Drau 1868SPSpittal an der Drau 76,971
207Villach-Land 1868VLVillach (not part of the district) 64,268
208Völkermarkt 1868VKVölkermarkt 42,068
209Wolfsberg 1868WOWolfsberg 53,472
210Feldkirchen 1982FEFeldkirchen in Kärnten 30,082
301Krems an der Donau * 1938KS* 24,085
302St. Pölten * 1922P* 52,145
303Waidhofen an der Ybbs * 1868WY* 11,341
304Wiener Neustadt * 1866WN* 42,273
305Amstetten 1868AMAmstetten 112,944
306Baden 1868BNBaden 140,078
307Bruck an der Leitha 1868BL, SWBruck an der Leitha 43,615
308Gänserndorf 1901GFGänserndorf 97,460
309Gmünd 1899GDGmünd 37,420
310Hollabrunn 1868HLHollabrunn 50,065
311Horn 1868HOHorn 31,273
312Korneuburg 1868KOKorneuburg 73,370
313Krems 1868KRKrems an der Donau (not part of the district) 55,945
314Lilienfeld 1868LFLilienfeld 26,040
315Melk 1896MEMelk 76,369
316Mistelbach 1868MIMistelbach 74,150
317Mödling 1897MDMödling 115,677
318Neunkirchen 1868NKNeunkirchen 85,539
319St. Pölten 1868PLSt. Pölten (not part of the district) 97,365
320Scheibbs 1868SBScheibbs 41,073
321Tulln 1892TU, KGTulln an der Donau 72,104
322Waidhofen an der Thaya 1868WTWaidhofen an der Thaya 26,424
323Wiener Neustadt 1868WBWiener Neustadt (not part of the district) 75,285
325Zwettl 1868ZTZwettl-Niederösterreich 43,102
401Linz * 1866L* 183,814
402Steyr * 1867SR* 38,120
403Wels * 1964WE* 59,339
404Braunau 1868BRBraunau am Inn 98,842
405Eferding 1907EFGrieskirchen (administrative community) 31,961
406Freistadt 1868FRFreistadt 65,208
407Gmunden 1868GMGmunden 99,540
408Grieskirchen 1911GRGrieskirchen 62,938
409Kirchdorf 1868KIKirchdorf an der Krems 55,571
410Linz-Land 1868LLLinz (not part of the district) 141,540
411Perg 1868PEPerg 66,269
412Ried 1868RIRied im Innkreis 58,714
413Rohrbach 1868RORohrbach-Berg 56,455
414Schärding 1868SDSchärding 56,287
415Steyr-Land 1868SESteyr (not part of the district) 58,618
416Urfahr-Umgebung 1919UULinz (not part of the district) 82,109
417Vöcklabruck 1868VBVöcklabruck 131,497
418Wels-Land 1868WLWels (not part of the district) 68,600
501Salzburg * 1869S* 146,631
502Hallein 1896HAHallein 58,336
503Salzburg-Umgebung 1868SLSeekirchen am Wallersee 145,275
504St. Johann im Pongau 1868JOSt. Johann im Pongau 78,614
505Tamsweg 1868TATamsweg 20,450
506Zell am See 1868ZEZell am See 84,964
601Graz * 1850G* 269,997
603Deutschlandsberg 1868DLDeutschlandsberg 60,466
606Graz-Umgebung 1868GUGraz (not part of the district) 145,660
610Leibnitz 1868LBLeibnitz 77,774
611Leoben 1868LE, LNLeoben 61,771
612Liezen 1868GB, LILiezen 78,893
614Murau 1868MUMurau 28,740
616Voitsberg 1891VOVoitsberg 51,559
617Weiz 1868WZWeiz 88,355
620Murtal 2012MTJudenburg 73,041
621Bruck-Mürzzuschlag 2013BMBruck an der Mur 100,855
622Hartberg-Fürstenfeld 2013HFHartberg 89,252
623Südoststeiermark 2013SOFeldbach 88,843
701Innsbruck * 1850I* 124,579
702Imst 1868IMImst 57,271
703Innsbruck-Land 1868ILInnsbruck (not part of the district) 169,680
704Kitzbühel 1868KBKitzbühel 62,318
705Kufstein 1868KUKufstein 103,317
706Landeck 1868LALandeck 43,906
707Lienz 1868LZLienz 48,990
708Reutte 1868REReutte 31,672
709Schwaz 1868SZSchwaz 80,305
801Bludenz 1868BZBludenz 61,100
802Bregenz 1868BBregenz 128,568
803Dornbirn 1969DODornbirn 84,117
804Feldkirch 1868FKFeldkirch 101,497
901Wien * 1850W* 1,766,746
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