Vorarlberg | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "’s Ländle, meine Heimat" | |
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| Coordinates: 47°14′37″N 9°53′38″E / 47.24361°N 9.89389°E | |
| Country |  Austria |
| Capital | Bregenz |
| Government | |
| • Body | Landtag of Vorarlberg |
| • Governor | Markus Wallner (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,533.84 km2 (978.32 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2022) | |
| • Total | 401,674 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €20.716 billion (2021) |
| • Per capita | €51,700 (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | AT-8 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.917[2] very high · 6th of 9 |
| NUTS Region | AT3 |
| Votes in Bundesrat | 3 (of 62) |
| Website | vorarlberg |
Vorarlberg (/ˈfɔːrɑːrlbɜːrɡ/ FOR-arl-burg;[3][4] Austrian German: [foːɐ̯ˈarlbɛrk] ; Vorarlbergisch: Vorarlbearg, Voralbärg, or Voraadelbearg) is the westernmost state (Land) of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna). Two thirds of the country are situated above 1,000m. It borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance), Switzerland (Grisons and St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol, to the east.
The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have larger populations.[5] Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria where the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (historically) Alemannic-speaking German-speaking Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Bavarian Swabia, and Alsace than with the rest of Austria, southeastern Bavaria, and South Tyrol.
Vorarlberg is to a large extent mountainous. About 37% (97,000 hectares) of its surface is forest.[6]
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- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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- ^ "Vorarlberg". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Vorarlberg Bevölkerung, Einwohner, Fläche". bevoelkerung.at. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Daten und Fakten – Waldverein". www.waldverein.at. Retrieved 30 July 2020.