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 website
- www.st-poelten.gv.at
- Image
- Sankt Poelten.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2742
- Licence plate code
- P
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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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