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Country: | Austria | |
State : | Tyrol | |
Political District : | Landeck | |
License plate : | LA | |
Surface: | 3.61 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 5 ' N , 10 ° 40' E | |
Height : | 900 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 390 (January 1, 2020) | |
Postal code : | 6525 | |
Area code : | 05472 | |
Community code : | 7 06 01 | |
NUTS region | AT334 | |
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Mayor : | Andreas Förg (Faggen community list) | |
Municipal Council : (2016) (11 members) |
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Location of Faggen in the Landeck district | ||
The Maria-Hilf chapel in the center of Faggen |
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Faggen is a municipality with 390 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Landeck , in the state of Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is part of the Landeck judicial district .
The community belongs to the Kaunergrat Nature Park.
geography
Faggen is the smallest sized municipality in the High Court , the upper portion of the Upper Inn Valley , and is largely in the alluvial fan of the Kaunertal flowing forth Faggenbachs . The Romanesque place name means "place in the area of crossing a water divided into arms". The municipal area also includes isolated hamlets north of the village center.
The hamlets are as follows: Aussergufer, Untergufer, Obergufer, Innergufer, Oberfaggen, Unterfaggen, Prutz.
Neighboring communities are: Fließ , Kaunerberg , Kauns , Prutz .
history
Faggen was originally part of the judicial district of Ried in Tirol and after its dissolution in 1978 it became part of the judicial district of Landeck.
Culture and sights
- Maria Hilf chapel in Unterfaggen
Economy and Infrastructure
Faggen is a very structurally weak community. It is dominated by agriculture, has no local supply and offers few jobs. That's why a lot of residents commute.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Anton Sturm (1690–1757), baroque and rococo sculptor
- Hubert Heiss (* 1955), Austrian ambassador to France
Web links
- 70601 - flags. Community data, Statistics Austria .