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Linz

Upper Austria · Austria
City population
204,846
#3
in Austria
#1
in Upper Austria
#2,799
worldwide
ViennaLinz
48.306, 14.286 · 155 km from Vienna
City population
204,846
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Austria
#3
of 29 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#2,799
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Austria
2.2%
of the national population

About Linz

Linz is a city in Upper Austria, Austria with a population of 204,846. It is the 3rd largest of the 29 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Austria, and the 2,799th largest worldwide. It lies 155 km from Vienna.

Position in Austria
#3of 29
LargestSmallest
Position in Upper Austria
#1of 5
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Austria
Region
Upper Austria
Rank in region
#1of 5
Distance to capital
155 km
to Vienna
Elevation
266 m
Time zone
Europe/Vienna
Coordinates
48.306, 14.286
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.

Nearby Cities

All 29 in Austria

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