Silz, Austria

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Silz
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Silz
Silz, Austria (Austria)
Silz, Austria
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Tyrol
District Imst
Mayor Hermann Föger
Basic statistics
Area 65.67 km² (25.4 sq mi)
Elevation 654 m  (2146 ft)
Population 2,466  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 38 /km² (97 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate IM
Postal code 6424
Area code 05263
Website www.silz.tirol.gv.at

Coordinates: 47°15′55″N 10°55′50″E / 47.26528, 10.93056

Silz is a municipality in the Imst district and is located 15 km east of Imst and 11 km west of Telfs. Even the ski resort „Kühtai“ belongs to the village area. Besides Winter tourism even Summer tourism especially rafting at the Inn River is an important source of income for Silz. It has 2466 inhabitants.