- Established : Municipal administration established year 1866
- Population : (31.12.2005) 18.248 inhabitants, growth appr. 500 / year
- Employment in the area :
- Total 4815 jobs, Total number of local enterprises appr. 900
- Sources of income of the inhabitants: Primary sector 3,5 %, Production 33,3, %, Public and private services 60,3 %
- Unemployment rate 9,2 %
- Administrative organisation and functions
- Municipal Manager and Economic / Business Development, tourism
- Sectoral Directors of Social and Health Care, Education and Culture, Technical and environmental services, General administration
- Chiefs of the functional departments; Public health, Family services and livelihood, Services for elderly and disabled, Day care, Schools, Sports, Youth services, Cultural services and adult education institute, Libraries, Property services, Environmental/technical planning and construction, Environmental control, Water works, Central edministration and office services, Economy and personnell management, Rural and village development, Catering services, Cleaning services, Job creation and multipurpose centre
- Political decision making structure; number of elected representatives, political parties ,
- Municipal Council (43 members elected for 4 years)
- Municipal Executive Board (10 members elected for 2 years), Board for inspection, Cooperation group for business development
- Boards (elected for 2 years) for Social and health care (10), Education and culture (10), Technical and environmental services, Rural development (10),
- Political parties elected in the present Council: Social democrat party 12, Conservative party 12, Centre party 10, Left league 4, Christian democratic party 3, The Greens 2
- Number of municipal employees : (31.12.2005) 1119
- Annual budgets and its structure (2005)
- Operational income 13,506 Mill. Euro
- Tax income 45,008 Mill. Euro
- State subsidies income 14,809 Mill. Euro
- Operational expenditure 69,246 Mill. Euro
- Capital investments 11,3 Mill Euro
- Budget expenditures in reference to the functions (2005)
- General administration 9,4 Mill Euro
- Social & health services 37,2 Mill Euro
- Culture & education services 14,2 Mill. Euro
- Technical & environmental services 8,4 Mill. Euro