Karrösten

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Karrösten
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Karrösten
Karrösten (Austria)
Karrösten
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Tyrol
District Imst
Mayor Oswald Krabacher (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area 7.91 km² (3.1 sq mi)
Elevation 918 m  (3012 ft)
Population 699  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 88 /km² (229 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate IM
Postal code 6460
Area code 05412
Website Gemeinde Karrösten

Coordinates: 47°13′00″N 10°46′00″E / 47.216667, 10.766667

Karrösten is a municipality in the Imst (district) and is located 1.3 km east of Imst. The village was founded because of mining in the 16th century. On the slopes flourishes fruit and maize as well as the most situated sweet chestnut of Tyrol on 1000m sea-level. It has 699 inhabitants.