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According to the 1955 amendment to the District Composition Act, Vienna is composed of 23 municipal districts:
1. Innere Stadt 2. Leopoldstadt 3. Landstrae 4. Wieden 5. Margareten 6. Mariahilf 7. Neubau 8. Josefstadt 9. Alsergrund 10. Favoriten 11. Simmering 12. Meidling 13. Hietzing 14. Penzing 15. Rudolfsheim-Fnfhaus 16. Ottakring 17. Hernals 18. Whring 19. Dbling 20. Brigittenau 21. Floridsdorf 22. Donaustadt 23. Liesing
Highest point
St. Stephen's Square
543 m (Hermannskogel)
171 m
LIVING IN VIENNA
LIVING IN VIENNA
The weather in June 2008 broke all records: it featured the highest monthly precipitation of the entire year, there were thunderstorms on as many as ten days, and on 22 June the local temperature reached its annual high of 32.4 C. On the evening of 25 June, a heavy thunderstorm with hail and wind gusting over 100 km/h even led to a temporarily closure of the official UEFA EURO 2008 TM fan zone on the Ring in Vienna.
LIVING IN VIENNA
ROAD TRAFFIC
LIVING IN VIENNA
LIVING IN VIENNA
The Vienna underground network consists of five underground lines with a total route length of 68.9 kilometres.
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
The Vienna labour market saw a highly favourable development in 2008. The total number of employment contracts reached a record high of approximately 876,000. The unemployment rate (based on the number of registered unemployed) decreased by 8.2% compared to the previous year (Austria: 4.5%). At 7.8%, unemployment has dropped below 8% for the first time since 2001.
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
PEOPLE IN VIENNA
In the 2009 survey on the quality of living in 215 major cities worldwide, Vienna ranks first for the first time, followed by Zurich and Geneva.
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
Inhabited by one fifth of Austrias population, Vienna accounts for more than one fourth of the countrys economic performance
VIENNAS ECONOMY
The enormous significance of the service sector for Vienna is illustrated by its share of gross value added (GVA), which amounts to more than 80%. The figure has decreased slightly compared to the previous year, which is mainly due to a recent review of the national accounts.
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
The number of enterprises and people working in the nonpublic sector shows the dominant position of the service industry. The real-estate sector and business-related services alone account for more than 40% of all business organisations and a quarter of all jobs.
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
Net hourly pay divided by a representative basket of commodities including rent. The data are from 2006 and were updated in early 2008.
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
Vienna and Bratislava are only 60 kilometres apart closer together than any other two EU capitals. The Twin City Liner service launched in 2006 allows passengers to travel by boat from one city centre to the other in no more than 75 minutes.
VIENNAS ECONOMY
VIENNAS ECONOMY
In 2007 contractual employees for the first time outnumbered public officials working for the Vienna City Administration.