Pfons

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Pfons

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Pfons
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°08′33″N 11°27′38″E / 47.14250°N 11.46056°E / 47.14250; 11.46056Coordinates: 47°08′33″N 11°27′38″E / 47.14250°N 11.46056°E / 47.14250; 11.46056
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Government
  Mayor Argen Woertz
Area
  Total 21.7 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Elevation 1,043 m (3,422 ft)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
  Total 1,242
  Density 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6143
Area code 05273
Vehicle registration IL
Website www.pfons.tirol.gv.at

Pfons is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.7 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.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1869 397    
1880 391−1.5%
1890 379−3.1%
1900 390+2.9%
1910 390+0.0%
1923 429+10.0%
1934 447+4.2%
1939 434−2.9%
1951 513+18.2%
1961 538+4.9%
1971 763+41.8%
1981 963+26.2%
1991 1,183+22.8%
2001 1,242+5.0%
2011 1,221−1.7%

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