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Axams

Axams
Axams NE.JPG
Coat of arms of Axams
Coat of arms
Axams is located in Austria
Axams
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)
 • 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

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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.


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