Villach

Summary

Villach is a municipality of Austria^[1]. Villach ranks in the top 0.9% of municipality_of_austria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (883 views/month, #3 of 333).^[2]

Key Facts

• Villach received the European City of the Reformation^[3].
• Villach received the Alpine Town of the Year^[4].
• Villach was a member of Climate Alliance^[5].
• Villach is located in Carinthia^[6].
• Villach is in the country of Austria^[7].
• Villach is on the body of water Drava^[8].
• Villach's head of government is recorded as Günther Albel^[9].
• Villach's instance of is recorded as municipality of Austria^[10].
• Villach's instance of is recorded as place with town rights and privileges^[11].
• Villach's instance of is recorded as statutory city of Austria^[12].
• Villach's instance of is recorded as district of Austria^[13].
• Villach's instance of is recorded as city^[14].
• Villach's shares border with is recorded as Ossiach^[15].
• Villach's shares border with is recorded as Weißenstein^[16].
• Villach's shares border with is recorded as Villach-Land District^[17].
• Villach's shares border with is recorded as Feldkirchen District^[18].
• Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bamberg^[19].
• Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suresnes^[20].
• Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Udine^[21].
• Villach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaposvár^[22].
• Villach's postal code is recorded as 9500^[23].
• Villach's Commons category is recorded as Villach^[24].
• Villach's licence plate code is recorded as VI^[25].
• Villach's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[26].
• Villach's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[27].

Body

Identity

Villach's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Villach'}^[28].

Recognition

Awards received include European City of the Reformation^[3], a title of honor^[29] and Alpine Town of the Year^[4], an award^[30], in Germany^[31], founded in 1997^[32].

Why It Matters

Villach ranks in the top 0.9% of municipality_of_austria entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (883 views/month, #3 of 333).^[2] Villach has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Villach is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

FAQs

What awards did Villach receive?

Honors received include European City of the Reformation^[3] and Alpine Town of the Year^[4].