Merkendorf, Styria

Merkendorf
Former municipality
Chapel in Merkendorf
Coat of arms
Merkendorf Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°51′00″N 15°54′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Südoststeiermark
Area
• Total	11.21 km^2 (4.33 sq mi)
Elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Population  (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	1,151
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8344
Area code	+43 3159
Vehicle registration	FB
Website	www.merkendorf.at

Merkendorf (German: [ˈmɛʁkŋ̍ˌdɔʁf] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Bad Gleichenberg.^[2]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,195	—
1880	1,172	−1.9%
1890	1,276	+8.9%
1900	1,284	+0.6%
1910	1,190	−7.3%
1923	1,064	−10.6%
1934	1,102	+3.6%
1939	1,069	−3.0%
1951	1,046	−2.2%
1961	1,106	+5.7%
1971	1,153	+4.2%
1981	1,113	−3.5%
1991	1,080	−3.0%
2001	1,163	+7.7%
2013	1,160	−0.3%

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Merkendorf.
2. Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark