Glanz an der Weinstraße

Glanz an der Weinstraße
Former municipality
Glanz an der Weinstraße landscape
Coat of arms
Glanz an der Weinstraße Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°39′00″N 15°28′48″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Leibnitz
Area
• Total	23.98 km^2 (9.26 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population  (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	1,395
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8463
Area code	03454
Vehicle registration	LB
Website	www.glanz-weinstrasse.gv.at

Glanz an der Weinstraße (Slovene: Klanc) is a former municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Leutschach an der Weinstraße.[2] Before World War One, it had a Slovene ethnic majority: according to the 1910 census, 56% of the population were Slovene speakers.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,037	—
1880	2,008	−1.4%
1890	2,023	+0.7%
1900	1,924	−4.9%
1910	1,948	+1.2%
1923	1,945	−0.2%
1934	2,102	+8.1%
1939	2,061	−2.0%
1951	2,977	+44.4%
1961	2,047	−31.2%
1971	1,644	−19.7%
1981	1,509	−8.2%
1991	1,541	+2.1%
2001	1,376	−10.7%
2011	1,498	+8.9%

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Glanz an der Weinstraße.
2. Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark