Pfons

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Pfons
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Innsbruck Land
Mayor	Argen Woertz
Basic statistics
Area	21.7 km² (8.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,043 m (3422 ft)
Population	1,240 (31/12/2005)
- Density	57 /km² (148 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	IL
Postal code	6143
Area code	05273
Website	www.pfons.tirol.gv.at Coordinates: 47°08′33″N 11°27′38″E / 47.1425, 11.46056

Pfons is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 13.70 km south of Innsbruck in the Wipptal at the Sill River. Although it is not exactly clear where the name of the village comes from, the location was first mentioned as “Phunzun” in 1030 and later as “Phanes” in 1177. Formerly a part of Matrei am Brenner Pfons was declared as independent in 1811. It has 1240 inhabitants.