Tamsweg

Tamsweg () is a market town in the Austrian state of Salzburg near the border with Styria. It is the administrative centre of the eponymous Tamsweg District (Bezirk) and the largest town of the Salzburg Lungau region.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tamsweg
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Tamsweg.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View from St Leonhard Church
Settlement.image_shield: Wappen_at tamsweg.png
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Tamsweg district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Salzburg
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tamsweg
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Austria
Official name: Tamsweg
Country: Austria
Located in: Tamsweg District
Population: 5717
Area: 117.36
Elevation: 1022
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Mur
Capital of: Tamsweg District
Shares border with: St. Andrä im Lungau
Official website: www.tamsweg.at
Image: Tamsweg view.JPG
Dialing code: 06474
Licence plate code: TA

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P8168: Battle of Friedlingen
Commons category: Tamsweg
postal code: 5580
native label: Tamsweg
twinned administrative body: Iseo
member of: Climate Alliance
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Climate
History
Politics
Twin town
Transportation
Notable people
References
External links

==Geography== Tamsweg is located on the southern slope of the Schladminger Tauern mountain range within the Central Eastern Alps, in the valley of the upper Mur River, the driest basin in Austria. The municipality consists of the cadastral communities of Haiden, Keusching, Lasaberg, Mörtelsdorf, Sauerfeld, Seetal, Tamsweg and Wölting.

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