Nötsch im Gailtal is a small market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Located west of Villach, the municipal area stretches along the lower Gail valley in southern Carinthia at the foot of the Villacher Alpe (Dobratsch) massif, the eastern extension of the Gailtal Alps. Nötsch can be reached from Villach and the Süd Autobahn (A2) via the Gailtal Straße (B111) highway. In the north, a mountain road leads up to the higher valley of Bad Bleiberg.