Thaur

Place in Tyrol, Austria

Coat of arms

47°17′42″N 11°28′19″E / 47.29500°N 11.47194°E / 47.29500; 11.47194CountryAustriaStateTyrolDistrictInnsbruck LandGovernment

• MayorChristoph WalserArea

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• Total21.07 km² (8.14 sq mi)Elevation

633 m (2,077 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total3,979 • Density190/km² (490/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

6065

Area code05223Vehicle registrationILWebsitewww.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 when the Innichen Abbey acquired land.^[3] 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%

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ Martin Bitschnau; Hannes Obermair (2009). Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Abteilung: Die Urkunden zur Geschichte des Inn-, Eisack- und Pustertals. Vol. 1: Bis zum Jahr 1140. Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner. pp. 61–4 no. 86. ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8.