Thaur
Municipality in Tyrol, Austria
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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.
Thaur | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Thaur Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°17′42″N 11°28′19″E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Tyrol |
| District | Innsbruck Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christoph Walser |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.07 km2 (8.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 633 m (2,077 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 3,979 |
| • Density | 188.8/km2 (489.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6065 |
| Area code | 05223 |
| Vehicle registration | IL |
| Website | www.thaur.tirol.gv.at |
Settlement of the area probably began around 1000 BC but the location was mentioned as “Taurane” for the first time in 827 when the Innichen Abbey acquired land.[3] Thaur is very religious even nowadays.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 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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