Thaur

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Thaur

Coat of arms
Thaur
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°17′42″N 11°28′19″E / 47.29500°N 11.47194°E / 47.29500; 11.47194Coordinates: 47°17′42″N 11°28′19″E / 47.29500°N 11.47194°E / 47.29500; 11.47194
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Government
  Mayor Konrad Giner
Area
  Total 21.1 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Elevation 633 m (2,077 ft)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
  Total 3,791
  Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6065
Area code 05223
Vehicle registration IL
Website www.thaur.tirol.gv.at

Thaur is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km east of Innsbruck between Rum, Austria and Hall in Tirol.

Settlement of the area probably began around 1000 BC but the location was mentioned as “Taurane” for the first time in 827. Thaur is very religious even nowadays.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1869 1,120    
1880 1,062−5.2%
1890 1,092+2.8%
1900 1,162+6.4%
1910 1,199+3.2%
1923 1,206+0.6%
1934 1,379+14.3%
1939 1,449+5.1%
1951 1,807+24.7%
1961 1,867+3.3%
1971 2,409+29.0%
1981 2,774+15.2%
1991 3,230+16.4%
2001 3,483+7.8%
2011 3,760+8.0%

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