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Wels
City population
16,857
#21
in Austria
#5
in Upper Austria
#28,910
worldwide
48.167, 14.033 · 173 km from Vienna
About Wels
Wels is a city in Upper Austria, Austria with a population of 16,857. It is the 21st largest of the 29 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Austria, and the 28,910th largest worldwide. It lies 173 km from Vienna.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 5
Coordinates
48.167, 14.033
Record updated
16 April 2026
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. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 29 in AustriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.