Bad Gams

Former municipality in Styria, Austria

Coat of arms

46°52′12″N 15°13′24″E / 46.87000°N 15.22333°E / 46.87000; 15.22333CountryAustriaStateStyriaDistrictDeutschlandsbergArea

• Total48.71 km² (18.81 sq mi)Elevation

430 m (1,410 ft)Population

(1 January 2016)^[1]

• Total2,306 • Density47/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

8524

Area code03463Vehicle registrationDLWebsitewww.bad-gams.steiermark.at

Bad Gams (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a former municipality and, traditionally, a market town, in the district of Deutschlandsberg in Styria, Austria, roughly 30 km from Graz. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Deutschlandsberg, together with Deutschlandsberg, Freiland bei Deutschlandsberg, Kloster, Osterwitz and Trahütten.^[2]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,389	—
1880	2,303	−3.6%
1890	2,292	−0.5%
1900	2,294	+0.1%
1910	2,360	+2.9%
1923	2,217	−6.1%
1934	2,381	+7.4%
1939	2,262	−5.0%
1951	2,378	+5.1%
1961	2,326	−2.2%
1971	2,270	−2.4%
1981	2,218	−2.3%
1991	2,296	+3.5%
2001	2,300	+0.2%
2011	2,289	−0.5%

References

^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Bad Gams.
^ Die neue Gemeindestruktur der Steiermark