Fernitz-Mellach

Fernitz-Mellach
Municipality
View of Fernitz
Coat of arms
Fernitz-Mellach Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°58′27″N 15°29′54″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Graz-Umgebung
Government
• Mayor	Robert Winkler
Area [1]
• Total	20.54 km^2 (7.93 sq mi)
Population  ()
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8072, 8410
Area code	03135
Website	www.fernitz-mellach.gv.at

Fernitz-Mellach is since 2015 a municipality with 4,654 residents (as of 1 January 2016) in Styria, Austria. It lies in the south of Graz-Umgebung District. The municipality was founded as part of the Styria municipal structural reform,[2] at the end of 2014, by merging the former towns Fernitz and Mellach.[3]

Geography

Geographical layout

Fernitz-Mellach is located in the south part of the Graz-Umgebung District, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Graz. The municipality runs along the Mur River.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality territory includes the following five sections (population as of 1 January 2015[4]):

• Dillach (365)
• Enzelsdorf (294)
• Fernitz (2954)
• Gnaning (402)
• Mellach (595)

and consists of the Katastralgemeinden Fernitz, Gnaning and Mellach.

History

The municipality was founded on 1 January 2015 by merger of the municipality areas of Fernitz and Mellach.

References

1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. Steiermärkische Gemeindestrukturreform.
3. § 3 Abs. 3 Z 2 des Gesetzes vom 17. Dezember 2013 über die Neugliederung der Gemeinden des Landes Steiermark (Steiermärkisches Gemeindestrukturreformgesetz – StGsrG). Landesgesetzblatt für die Steiermark, of 2 April 2014. Nr. 31, Jahrgang 2014. ZDB-ID 705127-x. p. 3.
4. "Statistik Austria, Bevölkerung am 1.1.2015 nach Ortschaften". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

External links

• "Municipal data for Fernitz-Mellach". Statistik Austria. - collection of videos, documents