Sankt Aegyd am Neuwalde is a market town

Market town

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 in the district

Districts of Austria

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 of Lilienfeld

Lilienfeld (district)

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, Lower Austria

Lower Austria

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Geography

St. Aegyd is divided into the districts of Kernhof, Lahnsattel, Mitterbach, St. Aegyd am Neuwalde, and Ulreichsberg. The town is located in the Mostviertel

Mostviertel

Mostviertel is the southwestern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria . It is bordered on the north by the Danube and to the south and west by the state borders of Styria and Upper Austria respectively...

. 87.61 percent of municipal territory is forested.

History

In antiquity, the territory that is now St. Aegyd was part of the Roman province

Roman province

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 of Noricum

Noricum

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. As part of the Austria

Austria

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n heartland of Lower Austria, St. Aegyd took part in the tumultuous history of Austria

History of Austria

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Politics

St. Aegyd am Neuwalde's mayor is Herbert Mitterböck and its chief officer is Adolf Praschl. In the municipal council, the madate for its 21 seats are as follows: SPÖ

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 6, FPÖ

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