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___MASK11___ is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria . ___MASK11___ is Austria ' s primary city , with a population of about 1 . 8 million ( 2 . 6 million within the metropolitan area , nearly one third of Austria ' s population ), and its cultural , economic , and political centre . It is the 7th - largest city by population within city limits in the European Union . Until the beginning of the 20th century , it was the largest German - speaking city in the world , and before the splitting of the Austro - Hungarian Empire in World War I , the city had 2 million inhabitants . Today , it has the second largest number of German speakers after Berlin . ___MASK11___ is host to many major international organizations , including the United Nations and OPEC . The city is located in the eastern part of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic , Slovakia , and Hungary . These regions work together in a European Centrope border region . Along with nearby Bratislava , ___MASK11___ forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants . In 2001 , the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site . An administrative division , unit , entity , area or region , also referred to as a subnational entity , constituent unit , or country subdivision , is a portion ___MASK93___ a country or other region delineated for the purpose ___MASK93___ administration . Administrative divisions are granted a certain degree ___MASK93___ autonomy and are usually required to manage themselves through their own local governments . Countries are divided up into these smaller units to make managing their land and the affairs ___MASK93___ their people easier . For example , a country may be divided into provinces , which , in turn , are divided into counties , which , in turn , may be divided in whole or in part into municipalities ; and so on . A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers ___MASK93___ self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body ___MASK93___ a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ". A county is a geographical region ___MASK93___ a country used for administrative or other purposes , in certain modern nations . The term is derived from the Old French " conté " or " cunté " denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty ___MASK93___ a count ( earl ) or a viscount . The modern French is " comté ", and its equivalents in other languages are " contea ", " contado ", " comtat ", " condado ", " Grafschaft ", " graafschap ", " Gau ", etc . ( cf . " conte ", " comte ", " conde ", " Graf "). Meidling is the 12th ___MASK67___ ___MASK93___ ___MASK11___ ( German : " 12 . Bezirk , Meidling "). It is located just southwest ___MASK93___ the central districts , south ___MASK93___ the Wienfluss , west ___MASK93___ the Gürtel belt , and east and southeast ___MASK93___ Schönbrunn palace . Meidling is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings , but also large recreational areas and parks . Sankt Pölten , mostly abbreviated to the official name St . Pölten , is the capital and largest city ___MASK93___ the State ___MASK93___ Lower Austria in northeast Austria . With 52 , 716 inhabitants as ___MASK93___ 1 January 2015 , it is Lower Austria ' s largest city . St Pölten is a city with its own statute ( or " Statutarstadt ") and therefore it is both a municipality and a district in the " Mostviertel ". Atzgersdorf is a former municipality in ___MASK44___ that is now a part ___MASK93___ the 23rd Viennese district Liesing . A small part ___MASK93___ the former municipality today is part ___MASK93___ the 12th Viennese district Meidling . Today , the cadastral commune Atzgersdorf has got an area ___MASK93___ 411 , 42 hectare . The part that belongs to Meidling has got an area ___MASK93___ 35 hectare . A village is a clustered human settlement or community , larger than a ___MASK15___ but smaller than a town , with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand . Though often located in rural areas , the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods . Villages are normally permanent , with fixed dwellings ; however , transient villages can occur . Further , the dwellings ___MASK93___ a village are fairly close to one another , not scattered broadly over the landscape , as a dispersed settlement . Liesing is the 23rd ___MASK67___ ___MASK93___ ___MASK11___ . It is on the southwest edge ___MASK93___ ___MASK11___ , Austria . A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city . The size definition for what constitutes a " town " varies considerably in different parts ___MASK93___ the world . ___MASK44___ (; ) is the northeasternmost state ___MASK93___ the nine states in Austria . The capital ___MASK93___ ___MASK44___ since 1986 is Sankt Pölten , the most recently designated capital town in Austria . The capital ___MASK93___ ___MASK44___ had formerly been ___MASK11___ , even though ___MASK11___ has not officially been part ___MASK93___ ___MASK44___ since 1921 . With a land area ___MASK93___ and a population ___MASK93___ 1 . 612 million people , it is the largest state in Austria , and in terms ___MASK93___ population second only to the federal state ___MASK93___ ___MASK11___ .