Coordinates: 47°15′N 9°54′E / 47.250°N 9.900°ECoordinates: 47°15′N 9°54′E / 47.250°N 9.900°E | |
Country | Austria |
Capital | Bregenz |
Government | |
• Governor | Markus Wallner (ÖVP) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,601.12 km2 (1,004.30 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2016) | |
• Total | 384,073 |
• Density | 147.6568/km2 (382.4293/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | AT-8 |
NUTS Region | AT3 |
Votes in Bundesrat | 3 (of 62) |
Website | vorarlberg.at |
Vorarlberg (Vorarlbergian: Vorarlbearg, Voralbärg, or Voraadelbearg) is the westernmost federal state in Austria. The capital is Bregenz. The biggest cities are Feldkirch and Dornbirn. As of 2016, there were about 384,000 people.
It is the only province in Austria that does not speak Austro-Bavarian. Instead they speak an Alemannic dialect. This makes it more in common with its Alemannic-speaking neighbors Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Swabia than with Bavaria and the rest of Austria.