Murau
Sign in to saveMurau () is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Styria. It is the administrative seat of Murau District.
Key facts
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- Murau
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- Municipality
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- Murau - Ortsansicht.JPG
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- East view of Murau
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- AUT Murau COA.svg
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- 80x110px
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- Austria
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- 270
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- Location within Austria
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- Location within Muraua district
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- Country
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- Austria
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- State
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- Styria
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- District
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- Murau
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- Mayor
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Murau () is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Styria. It is the administrative seat of Murau District.
==Geography== The historic town is located in mountainous Upper Styria in the valley of the Mur river between the Lower Tauern range and the Gurktal Alps. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Laßnitz-Lambrecht, Murau proper and Sankt Egidi, as well as the former independent municipalities of Laßnitz bei Murau, Stolzalpe and Triebendorf which were incorporated in the course of a 2015 administrative reform. Murau currently has a population of 3,688.