Liezen
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Liezen is a municipality in the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name
Liezen (district)
Bezirk Liezen is a district of the state of Styria in Austria.It is by far the largest district in Austria, about three times the size of other large districts, and is divided into three "subdistricts":...

 and economic center on the River Enns
Enns River
The Enns is a southern tributary of the Danube River, joining northward at Enns, Austria. The Enns River spans , in a flat-J-shape. It flows from its source near the towns of Gasthofalm and Flachau, generally eastward through Radstadt, Schladming, and Liezen, then turns north near Hieflau, to flow...

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Liezen covers a surface of 56.36 km2 and has a population of 6,991 people, as of the 2001 census. The town is located at 664 meters above sea level.

Its mayor, Rudolf Hakel, is a member of the regionally prominent political party SPÖ
SPO
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, which also holds an absolute majority in the local council with 17 members out of 25.
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