Editing Villach (section)

==Politics==
[[File:Villach - Blick von der Stadtparrkirche auf den Rathausplatz.JPG|thumb|Town hall]]

===Municipal council===
The municipal council (''Gemeinderat'') consists of 45 members, with the mayor as president, and following the 2015 elections:<ref>[http://www.villach.at/stadt-regierung/wahl-service/wahlstatistiken Wahlstatistiken – Stadt Villach]</ref>

* [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]] (SPÖ): 23 seats
* [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP): 10 seats
* [[Freedom Party of Austria]] (FPÖ): 7 seats
* [[Austrian Green Party]]: 3 seats
* Verantwortung Erde: 1 seat
* NEOS: 1 seat

===City government===
The city government of Villach (Stadtsenat) consists of seven members. It is chaired by the mayor, who is directly elected by the people. The other members—two vice-mayors and four town councillors—are appointed by the municipal council, with party affiliations according to the election results.

*Mayor Günther Albel, SPÖ
*First Deputy Mayor Petra Oberrauner, SPÖ
*Second Deputy Mayor Gerda Sandriesser, SPÖ
*Councillor Peter F. Weidinger, ÖVP
*Councillor Erwin Baumann, FPÖ
*Councillor Harald Sobe, SPÖ
*Councillor Katharina Spanring, ÖVP

In the March 2015 elections, Günther Albel was elected with 55.46 per cent of the votes cast.<ref name="Wahlergebnisse 2009">[http://www.villach.at/stadt-regierung/wahl-service/wahlstatistiken Wahlergebnisse 2015]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202234022/http://www.villach.at/stadt-regierung/wahl-service/wahlstatistiken |date=2017-02-02 }}</ref>

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|+ Largest groups of foreign residents<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistisches Jahrbuch 2014|url=http://www.villach.at/stadt-erleben/ueber-villach/statistisches-jahrbuch|website=www.villach.at|publisher=Stadt Villach - Melde- und Standesamt, Statistik|access-date=2015-09-03}}</ref>
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!Nationality || Population (2013)
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|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 1,549
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|{{flag|Germany}} || 1,421
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|{{flag|Croatia}} || 1,238
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|{{flag|Italy}} || 482
|-
|{{flag|Slovenia}} || 459
|-
|{{flag|Russia}} || 364
|}