Bleiburg
Bleiburg
Pliberk | |
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Main square with plague column | |
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Coat of arms | |
Bleiburg Location within Austria Bleiburg Bleiburg (Austria) | |
| Coordinates: 46°35′24″N 14°47′56″E / 46.59000°N 14.79889°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Carinthia |
| District | Völkermarkt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Stefan Visotschnig († October 2025) (SPÖ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.77 km2 (26.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 479 m (1,572 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 4,072 |
| • Density | 58.36/km2 (151.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9150 |
| Area code | 04235 |
| Vehicle registration | VK |
| Website | www.bleiburg.at |
Bleiburg (Slovene: Pliberk) is a small town in the south Austrian state of Carinthia (Koroška), south-east of Klagenfurt, in the district of Völkermarkt, some four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the border with Slovenia.
The municipality consists of the twelve Katastralgemeinden Aich (Dob), Bleiburg, Grablach (Grablje), Kömmel (Komelj), Moos (Blato), Oberloibach (Libuče), Rinkenberg (Vogrče), Sankt Margarethen (Šmarjeta), Schattenberg (Senčni kraj), Unterloibach (Libuče), Weißenstein (Belšak) and Woroujach (Borovje). According to a 2001 census, 30.4% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes (in 1971, they were 52.8%).