Editing Graz (section)

== Geography ==
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[[File:Historic City Center of Graz.jpg|thumb|Aerial photograph showing the historic centre of Graz]]
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Graz is situated on both sides of the river [[Mur (river)|Mur]] in southeast Austria. It is about {{cvt|150|km}} southwest of Vienna (''Wien''). The nearest larger [[urban centre]] is [[Maribor]] (''Marburg'') in Slovenia, which is about {{cvt|50|km}} to the south. Graz is the capital of Styria and the largest city in the federal state, a green and heavily forested region on the eastern edge of the [[Alps]]. It is located in the Graz Basin and surrounded by mountains and hills to the north, east and west. The city centre sits at an elevation of {{cvt|353|m}}, the highest point is Plabutsch mountain with {{cvt|754|m}} at the western border. The mountain [[Schöckl]] is just a few kilometres to the north and surmounts the city by {{cvt|1100|m}}.

[[File:Hilmteich (118718019).jpeg|thumb|Hilmteich]]
===Neighbouring municipalities===
These towns and villages border Graz:
* to the north: [[Gratkorn]], [[Stattegg]], [[Weinitzen]]
* to the east: [[Kainbach bei Graz]], [[Hart bei Graz]], [[Raaba]]
* to the south: [[Gössendorf]], [[Feldkirchen bei Graz]], [[Seiersberg]]
* to the west: [[Attendorf]], [[Thal, Austria|Thal]], [[Judendorf-Straßengel]]

===Districts===
Graz is divided into 17 municipal districts ({{Lang|de|[[Stadtbezirk]]e}}):<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10034466/7772565/Zahlen_Fakten_Bevoelkerung_Bezirke_Wirtschaft.html | title=Zahlen + Fakten: Bevölkerung, Bezirke, Wirtschaft, Geografie }}</ref>
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[[File:Karte Graz Stadtbezirke.svg|300px|The 17 districts of Graz]]
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|I. [[Innere Stadt (Graz)|Innere Stadt]] (''3.314'')
|II. [[St. Leonhard (Graz)|St. Leonhard]] (''14.756'')
|III. [[Geidorf]] (''23.847'')
|IV. [[Lend (Graz)|Lend]] (''32.859'')
|V. [[Gries (Graz)|Gries]] (''30.050'')
|VI. [[Jakomini]] (''31.412'')
|VII. [[Liebenau (Graz)|Liebenau]] (''15.896'')
|VIII. [[St. Peter (Graz)|St. Peter]] (''16.629'')
|IX. [[Waltendorf]] (''12.158'')
|X. [[Ries (Graz)|Ries]] (''6.144'')
|XI. [[Mariatrost]] (''9.998'')
|XII. [[Andritz (Graz)|Andritz]] (''19.415'')
|XIII. [[Gösting]] (''11.129'')
|XIV. [[Eggenberg (Graz)|Eggenberg]] (''23.942'')
|XV. [[Wetzelsdorf]] (''16.731'')
|XVI. [[Straßgang]] (''20.095'')
|XVII. [[Puntigam]] (''10.251'')
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