page_title: Villach
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Villach / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Northeastern view of Hauptplatz (main square) with pillory, statutary city of Villach, Carinthia, Austria, EU Deutsch: NO-Ansicht vom Hauptplatz mit Pranger, Statutarstadt Villach, Kärnten, Österreich, EU
context_page_description: Villach is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. As of January 2018, the population is 61,887.
  Together with other Alpine towns Villach engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc.
  In 1997, Villach was the first town to be awarded Alpine Town of the Year.
context_section_description: Villach is a statutory city, on the Drau River near its confluence with the Gail tributary, at the western rim of the Klagenfurt basin. The municipal area stretches from the slopes of the Gailtal Alps (Mt. Dobratsch) down to Lake Ossiach in the northeast.
  The Villach city limits comprise the following districts and villages:
  Bogenfeld (Slovene: Vognje Polje)
  Dobrova  (Dobrova)
  Drautschen  (Dravče)
  Drobollach am Faaker See  (Drobolje ob Baškem jezeru)
  Duel  (Dole)
  Egg am Faaker See  (Brdo ob Baškem jezeru)
  Goritschach  (Goriče)
  Graschitz  (Krošče)
  Gratschach  (Grače pri Šentrupertu)
  Greuth  (Rute pri Beljaku)
  Gritschach  (Griče)
  Großsattel  (Sedlo)
  Großvassach  (Velike Laze pri Beljaku)
  Heiligen Gestade
  Heiligengeist  (Sveti Duh)
  Kleinsattel  (Malo Sedlo)
  Kleinvassach  (Male Laze pri Beljaku)
  Kratschach  (Hrašče pri Mariji na Zilji)
  Kumitz
  Landskron  (Vajškra)
  Maria Gail  (Marija na Zilji)
  Mittewald ober dem Faaker See  (Na Dobrovi)
  Mittewald ob Villach
  Neufellach  (Nova Bela)
  Neulandskron  (Nova Vajškra)
  Obere Fellach  (Gornja Bela)
  Oberfederaun  (Gornji Vetrov)
  Oberschütt  (Rogaje pod Dobračem)
  Oberwollanig
  Pogöriach  (Pogorje)
  Prossowitsch  (Prosoviče)
  Rennstein
  Serai  (Seraje)
  St. Andrä
  St. Georgen
  St. Leonhard
  St. Magdalen
  St. Michael
  St. Niklas an der Drau  (Miklavž na Dravi)
  St. Ruprecht
  St. Ulrich
  Tschinowitsch  (Činoviče)
  Turdanitsch  (Trdaniče pri Mariji na Zilji)
  Untere Fellach  (Spodnja Bela)
  Unterfederaun  (Pod Vetrovom)
  Unterschütt  (Zabuče pri Brnci)
  Unterwollanig
  Urlaken
  Villach-Auen  (Log pri Beljaku)
  Villach-Innere Stadt  (Beljak - Mesto)
  Villach-Lind  (Beljak - Lipa)
  Villach-Seebach-Wasenboden
  Villach-St. Agathen und Perau
  Villach-St. Martin
  Villach-Völkendorf
  Villach-Warmbad-Judendorf  (Beljaške Toplice)
  Weißenbach
  Zauchen  (Suha pri Vernberku)
  In 1905 a part of the municipal area St. Martin was incorporated. In 1973 the city area was further enlarged through the incorporation of Landskron, Maria Gail and Fellach.
caption: Main square
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