Blons

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Vorarlberg

Political District :

Bludenz

License plate :

BZ

Surface:

14.89 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 13 ' N , 9 ° 50' E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '23 " N , 9 ° 50' 0" E

Height :

903 m above sea level A.

Residents :

330 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

22 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6723

Area code :

05553

Community code :

8 01 02

NUTS region

AT341

Address of the
municipal administration:

Blons 9
6723 Blons

Website:

www.blons.at

politics

Mayor :

Stefan Bachmann

Local council : (2015)
(9 members)

Majority vote

Location of Blons in the Bludenz district

Blons, view from Raggal

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Blons is a municipality in the Großer Walsertal in Austria in Vorarlberg in the Bludenz district with 330 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Blons is located in the westernmost state of Austria , Vorarlberg, in the Bludenz district at an altitude of 903 meters. 40.0% of the area is forested and 35.6% of the area is mountainous. There are no other cadastral communities in Blons.

The districts of the municipality are:

Blons
Oberblons
Valentschina
Walkenbach

Panorama of Blons and the Großer Walsertal (view from Raggal) in November 2011

history

The first settlement took place in the 11th or 12th century by Rhaeto-Romans . In the 14th century German-speaking Walser displaced the Romansh population. The ruling Habsburgs ruled the places in Vorarlberg alternately from Tyrol and Upper Austria ( Freiburg im Breisgau ). From 1805 to 1814 the place belonged to Bavaria , then again to Austria.

Blons has belonged to the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since it was founded in 1861. The place was part of the French zone of occupation in Austria from 1945 to 1955 .

Avalanche winter 1954

Between January 10 and 12, 1954, a total of 13 avalanches went off in Blons, killing 57 people. A memorial by Eugen Jussel still reminds of this today. The victims were buried in a communal grave near the churchyard.

See also: Avalanche catastrophe of 1954 in Vorarlberg

Previous devastating avalanches fell in Blons in 1497, 1689, 1717, 1806, 1808 and 1853.

Population development

The proportion of non-Austrian citizens was 5.2 percent at the end of 2002 and 13.2 percent in 2018. About half of them came from Asia and a third from EU countries.

The migration balance has been negative since 1991 . Until 2001 this could be offset by a strongly positive birth balance. From 2001 to 2011, emigration increased, so that despite a positive birth balance, there was a decrease in the population.

politics

The community council consists of nine members. In the municipal council and mayoral elections in 2015, the election was not made by lists, but by majority vote. Mayor is Stefan Bachmann.

Culture and sights

Parish Church of Blons

Parish Church of Our Lady Immaculate Conception . The church was built in 1684 and consecrated with the cemetery in 1697. The altar dates from the 18th century and was probably created by the artist family Witwer from Imst.
Avalanche documentation center for the avalanche disaster in Blons
Doll Museum - toys and children's books from 1860 to 1960

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were three commercial companies with seven employees and two apprentices. There were 153 employees subject to wage tax. Blons has a fiber optic network that connects around 40 households with FTTH . In Blons there is a kindergarten and a school with (as of January 2003) 179 students.

Personalities

Martin von Lorenz (1748–1828), ennobled imperial councilor for church matters and teaching, rector of the University of Vienna and creator of the Austrian school reform of 1804
Johann Müller (1868–1949), pastor and ski pioneer at Tannberg, director of the Valduna charity (1903–1938)

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Blons, population structure. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Blons, population development. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
↑ www.blons.net (Telecommunication Association Blons)

Web links

Commons : Blons - collection of images, videos and audio files

80102 - Blons. Community data, Statistics Austria .

[1] Statistics Austria, A look at the community Blons, population structure. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .

[2] Statistics Austria, A look at the community Blons, population development. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .

[3] www.blons.net (Telecommunication Association Blons)