Wattenberg, Tyrol

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Wattenberg
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°16′24″N11°36′21″E / 47.27333°N 11.60583°E / 47.27333; 11.60583 Coordinates: 47°16′24″N11°36′21″E / 47.27333°N 11.60583°E / 47.27333; 11.60583
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Government
 •  Mayor Johann Geißler (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total67.71 km2 (26.14 sq mi)
Elevation
1,050 m (3,440 ft)
Population
(2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total739
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6113
Area code +43 5224
Vehicle registration IL
Website http://www.wattenberg.tirol.gv.at

Wattenberg is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 15 km east of Innsbruck and 2.50 km above the Swarovski crystal town Wattens.

Austria Federal republic in Central Europe

Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising 9 federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly 9 million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

Tyrol (state) State of Austria

Tyrol is a federal state (Bundesland) in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino. The capital of Tyrol is Innsbruck.

Innsbruck Capital city of Tyrol, Austria

Innsbruck is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria and the fifth-largest city in Austria. It is in the Inn valley, at its junction with the Wipp valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass some 30 km (18.6 mi) to the south.

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Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869380—    
1880373−1.8%
1890341−8.6%
1900394+15.5%
1910402+2.0%
1923425+5.7%
1934430+1.2%
1939523+21.6%
1951498−4.8%
1961442−11.2%
1971486+10.0%
1981518+6.6%
1991562+8.5%
2001715+27.2%
2011721+0.8%

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References

  1. ↑ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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