Grins

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Grins
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Landeck
Mayor	Thomas Lutz
Basic statistics
Area	21.1 km² (8.1 sq mi)
Elevation	1,006 m  (3301 ft)
Population	1,308  (31/12/2005)
- Density	62 /km² (161 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LA
Postal codes	A-6591
Area code	05442
Website	www.grins.tirol.gv.at Coordinates: 47°08′29″N 10°30′53″E / 47.14139, 10.51472

Grins is a municipality in the Landeck district and is located 3.70 km west of Landeck as well as 18 km east of Sankt Anton am Arlberg. The village has 10 parts. Settlement of the area already began 2000 years ago because of the sunny climate but the village was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1288 as „Grindes“.

In 1945 the location was greatly destroyed by a conflagration but could be restored true to the original. Main source of income is „gentle“ Summer tourism but the village becomes a commuter community more and more. It has 1308 inhabitants.

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