Axams

Axams

Coat of arms
Axams

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°13′00″N 11°18′00″E / 47.21667°N 11.30000°E / 47.21667; 11.30000Coordinates: 47°13′00″N 11°18′00″E / 47.21667°N 11.30000°E / 47.21667; 11.30000
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Government
  Mayor Rudolf Nagl (Axamer Dorfliste)
Area
  Total 22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation 874 m (2,867 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 5,847
  Density 260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6094
Area code 05234
Vehicle registration IL
Website www.axams.tirol.gv.at

Axams is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

The name "Axams" has a Celtic origin and means something like „Place in the height“. The emblem has a golden top on blue ground. In the previous century flax was important for the village. Axams grew in population in the last years.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,153    
18801,144−0.8%
18901,086−5.1%
19001,006−7.4%
19101,123+11.6%
19231,172+4.4%
19341,483+26.5%
19391,463−1.3%
19511,768+20.8%
19612,088+18.1%
19712,898+38.8%
19813,676+26.8%
19914,903+33.4%
20015,294+8.0%
20115,499+3.9%
20155,758+4.7%

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