Pyhra

Pyhra
Coat of arms
Pyhra Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°9′N 15°41′E / 48.150°N 15.683°E / 48.150; 15.683Coordinates: 48°9′N 15°41′E / 48.150°N 15.683°E / 48.150; 15.683
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Sankt Pölten-Land
Government
• Mayor	Günter Schaubach
Area [1]
• Total	66.77 km2 (25.78 sq mi)
Elevation	298 m (978 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	3,553
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3143
Area code	02745
Website	http://www.pyhra.gv.at

Pyhra (German pronunciation: [ˈpyːʁa] (listen)) is a town with 3286 inhabitants in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria, Austria.

Geography[]

Pyhra is located in the hill country of the Mostviertel in Lower Austria, near the city St. Pölten. The biggest mountain is the Amerlingkogel (628 m).

The area is 66.73 square kilometers big. 40.04 per cent of the area is wooded.

Districts[]

Districts are Adeldorf, Aigen, Atzling, Auern, Baumgarten, Blindorf, Brunn, Ebersreith, Egelsee, Fahra, Gattring-Raking, Getzersdorf, Heuberg, Hinterholz, Hummelberg bei Hinterholz, Kirchweg, Nützling, Oberburbach, Obergrub, Oberloitzenberg, Obertiefenbach, Perersdorf, Perschenegg, Pyhra, Reichenhag, Reichgrüben, Schauching, Schnabling, Steinbach, Unterburbach, Unterloitzenberg, Wald, Weinzettl, Wieden, Windhag, Zell and Zuleithen.

Neighbour municipalities[]

At the area of Pyhra border Böheimkirchen in the northeast, Kasten by Böheimkirchen and Michelbach in the east, St. Veit at the Gölsen in the south, Wilhelmsburg in the southwest and St. Pölten in the west and northwest.

Schools[]

NÖ Landeskindergarten, Volksschule Pyhra, Europa-Hauptschule Pyhra, Landwirtschaftliche Fachschule Pyhra and the musicschool of the Perschlingtal.

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