Place in Lower Austria, Austria
Purkersdorf is a municipality in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land District, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The Sandstein-Wienerwald natural park, a part of the Vienna Woods, is situated on its territory. The municipality belonged to Wien-Umgebung District which was dissolved at the end of 2016.[3][4]
Population
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1869 | 1,423 | — |
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1880 | 1,860 | +30.7% |
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1890 | 2,102 | +13.0% |
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1900 | 2,829 | +34.6% |
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1910 | 3,733 | +32.0% |
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1923 | 4,556 | +22.0% |
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1934 | 5,032 | +10.4% |
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1939 | 4,724 | −6.1% |
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1951 | 5,262 | +11.4% |
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1961 | 4,912 | −6.7% |
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1971 | 5,036 | +2.5% |
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1981 | 5,147 | +2.2% |
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1991 | 6,413 | +24.6% |
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2001 | 7,762 | +21.0% |
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2011 | 9,185 | +18.3% |
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Twin towns
Purkersdorf is twinned with:
Personalities
It is the birthplace of economist Gottfried Haberler. Eric Burdon gave a free concert there on 12 June 2010.
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