Sankt Pölten , often abbreviated to
St. Pölten, is the capital and largest city of the
State of
Lower Austria in northeast Austria. With 52,716 inhabitants as of 1 January 2015, it is Lower Austria's largest city. St Pölten is a city with its own statute (or
Statutarstadt) and therefore it is both a municipality and a district in the
Mostviertel.