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St. Pölten

Also known as Sankt Pölten

city in Austria, capital of Lower Austria

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St. Pölten is the capital city of Lower Austria, a state in the northeastern part of the country. As the regional capital, it serves as the administrative and cultural center for the Lower Austria region.

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Official name: Sankt Pölten
Population: 55514
Area: 108.44
Elevation: 267
Official website: www.st-poelten.gv.at
Image: Sankt Poelten.jpg
Dialing code: 2742
Licence plate code: P

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Commons category: St. Pölten
Commons gallery: St. Pölten
postal code: 3100
native label: Sankt Pölten
email address: mailto:[email protected]
P8168: Peter Ernst von Lasaulx

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Sankt Pölten ( Austrian German pronunciation: [saŋkt ˈpœltn̩] ; Central Bavarian: Sankt Pödn), mostly abbreviated to the official name St. Pölten, is the capital and largest city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria, with 59,767 inhabitants as of 1 January 2025. St. Pölten is a city with its own statute (or Statutarstadt) and therefore it is both a municipality and a district in the Mostviertel. Due to its cultural status, it has recently enjoyed an increase of visitors passing through Sankt Pölten on their way to Vienna.

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