Eisenkappel-Vellach

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Eisenkappel-Vellach
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
District	Völkermarkt
Mayor	Dietfried Haller
Basic statistics
Area	198.84 km² (76.8 sq mi)
Elevation	555 m (1821 ft)
Population	2,710 (09/06/2008)
- Density	14 /km² (35 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	9135
Area code	04238
Website	www.eisenkappel.at Coordinates: 46°29′11″N 14°35′46″E / 46.48639, 14.59611

Eisenkappel-Vellach (Slovenian: Železna Kapla-Bela) is a market township (population 3,038) in and around the Vellach valley of southeast Austria on the border of Slovenia. It is in the Völkermarkt district in the State of Carinthia. It consists of its center Bad Eisenkappel and several small settlements located in small lateral valleys.^[1]^[2]^[3] These small settlements are: Blasnitzen, Ebriach, Koprein Petzen, Koprein Sonnseite, Leppen, Lobnig, Rechberg, Remschenig, Trögern, Unterort, Vellach, Weißenbach, and Zauchen.

According to the 2001 census 38% of the population are Carinthian Slovenes.

Village	Number of peoople 1991	Percent of Slovenes 1991	Percent of Slovenes 1951
Blasnitzen/Zaplaznica	69	31.9%	28.1%
Ebriach/Obirsko	432	65.7%	80.2%
Koprein Petzen/Pod Peco	10	100%	92.3%
Koprein Sonnseite/Koprivna	48	89.6%	100%
Leppen/Lepena	214	68.7%	98.2%
Lobnig/Lobnik	139	82.0%	91.3%
Rechberg/Reberca	196	13.3%	46.0%
Replach/Replje	67	56.8%	81.7%
Remschenig/Remšenik	93	69.9%	95.1%
Trögern/Korte	36	86.1%	98.3%
Unterort/Podkraj	61	4,9%	31,4%
Vellach/Bela	339	52.5%	68,6%
Weissenbach/Bela	7	42.9%	55,5%
Zauchen/Suha	136	19.1%	52.8%
Bad Eisenkappel/Železna Kapla	1013	23.6%	80.2%

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