Bad Gams

Bad Gams
Bad Gams parish church
Coat of arms
Bad Gams Location within Austria
Coordinates: 46°52′12″N 15°13′24″E
Country	Austria
State	Styria
District	Deutschlandsberg
Government
• Mayor	Peter Senekowitsch (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	48.71 km2 (18.81 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population  (1 January 2016)
• Total	2,306
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8524
Area code	03463
Vehicle registration	DL
Website	www.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.

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%