Navis

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Navis
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Innsbruck Land
Mayor	Christoph Geir
Basic statistics
Area	64.1 km² (24.7 sq mi)
Elevation	1,337 m (4387 ft)
Population	1,929 (31/12/2005)
- Density	30 /km² (78 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	IL
Postal code	6143
Area code	05278
Website	www.navis.tirol.gv.at Coordinates: 47°07′52″N 11°32′25″E / 47.13111, 11.54028

Navis is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located 19 km southeast of Innsbruck in a valley with the same name which is a side valley of the Wipptal. The village is provided with fresh drinking water thanks to the clean Navis brook. The origin of the village name is unknown but settlement began at the end of the 13^th century. Copper and Silver were found in the 15^th and 16^th century.