Pyhra

Pyhra

Coat of arms
Pyhra

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°9′N 15°41′E / 48.150°N 15.683°E / 48.150; 15.683Coordinates: 48°9′N 15°41′E / 48.150°N 15.683°E / 48.150; 15.683
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Sankt Pölten-Land
Government
  Mayor Werner Schmitzer
Area
  Total 66.76 km2 (25.78 sq mi)
Elevation 298 m (978 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 3,497
  Density 52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 3143
Area code 02745
Website http://www.pyhra.gv.at

Pyhra is a town with 3286 inhabitants in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria, Austria.

Geography

Pyhra is located in the hill country of the Mostviertel in Lower Austria, near the city St. Pölten. The biggest mountain is the Amerlingkogel (628 m).

The area is 66.73 square kilometers big. 40.04 per cent of the area is wooded.

Districts

Districts are Adeldorf, Aigen, Atzling, Auern, Baumgarten, Blindorf, Brunn, Ebersreith, Egelsee, Fahra, Gattring-Raking, Getzersdorf, Heuberg, Hinterholz, Hummelberg bei Hinterholz, Kirchweg, Nützling, Oberburbach, Obergrub, Oberloitzenberg, Obertiefenbach, Perersdorf, Perschenegg, Pyhra, Reichenhag, Reichgrüben, Schauching, Schnabling, Steinbach, Unterburbach, Unterloitzenberg, Wald, Weinzettl, Wieden, Windhag, Zell and Zuleithen.

Neighbour municipalities

At the area of Pyhra border Böheimkirchen in the northeast, Kasten by Böheimkirchen and Michelbach in the east, St. Veit at the Gölsen in the south, Wilhelmsburg in the southwest and St. Pölten in the west and northwest.

Schools

Nö. Landeskindergarten, Volksschule Pyhra, Europa-Hauptschule Pyhra, Landwirtschaftliche Fachschule Pyhra and the musicschool of the Perschlingtal.

References

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