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Vienna, Austria

Vienna
Wien
Capital city
Schönbrun Palace
Vienna City Hall, Rathaus
Austrian Parliament St. Stephen's Cathedral
Hofburg Palace
Flag of Vienna
Flag
Official seal of Vienna
Seal
Coat of arms of Vienna
Coat of arms
Location of Vienna in Austria
Location of Vienna in Austria
Coordinates: 48°12′N 16°22′E / 48.200°N 16.367°E / 48.200; 16.367
Country Austria
Government
 • Mayor and Governor Michael Häupl (SPÖ)
 • Vice-Mayors and Vice-Governors
Area
 • Capital city 414.65 km2 (160.10 sq mi)
 • Land 395.26 km2 (152.61 sq mi)
 • Water 19.39 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Elevation 151 (Lobau) – 542 (Hermannskogel) m (495–1,778 ft)
Population (1. January 2017)
 • Capital city 1,867,960 Increase
 • Density 4,326.1/km2 (11,205/sq mi)
 • Metro 2,600,000
 • Ethnicity 61.2% Austrian
38.8% Other
  Statistik Austria, VCÖ – Mobilität mit Zukunft
Demonym(s) Viennese, Wiener
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 1010–1423, 1600, 1601, 1810, 1901
Vehicle registration W
 - GDP Total (2014) €82 billion/ US$110 billion
 - GDP Per capita(2014) €47,300/ US$63,000
Website www.wien.gv.at
Logo City of Vienna.svg

Official name Historic Centre of Vienna
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv, vi
Designated 2001 (25th session)
Reference no. 1033
UNESCO Region Europe and North America
Significant minority groups
Nationality Population (2015)
 Serbia 97,219
 Turkey 76,063
 Germany 53,232
 Poland 49,702
 Ukraine 45,432
 Bosnia & Herzegovina 39,664
 Romania 30,741
 Croatia 25,299
 Hungary 22,729
 Slovakia 16,578
 Russia 16,358
 Bulgaria 15,140
 Macedonia 12,813
 Iran 10, 751
 China 10,138

Vienna (Listeni/viˈɛnə/;German: Wien, pronounced [viːn]) is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.8 million (2.6 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of Austria's population), and its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 7th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was the largest German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, the city had 2 million inhabitants. Today, it has the second largest number of German speakers after Berlin. Vienna is host to many major international organizations, including the United Nations and OPEC. The city is located in the eastern part of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. These regions work together in a European Centrope border region. Along with nearby Bratislava, Vienna forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


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