Imst

Imst
Coat of arms
Imst Location within Austria
Location in the district
Coordinates: 47°14′22″N 10°44′17″E / 47.23944°N 10.73806°E / 47.23944; 10.73806Coordinates: 47°14′22″N 10°44′17″E / 47.23944°N 10.73806°E / 47.23944; 10.73806
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Imst
Government
• Mayor	Stefan Weirather
Area
• Total	113.4 km2 (43.8 sq mi)
Elevation	827 m (2,713 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	10,109
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6460
Area code	05412
Vehicle registration	IM
Website	www.imst.tirol.gv.at

Imst is a town in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 metres (2,717 feet) above sea level. With a current population (2013) of 9,552, Imst is the administrative centre of Imst District.

Licensed since 1282 to hold a regular market. Until 1918, the town (named earlier also JMST) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district of the same name, one of the 21 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the Tyrol province.

Imst received full town rights in 1898.

In 1958, the first artificially refrigerated track was completed at Imst. The track was 1000.9 meters long with 17 turns and a vertical drop of 124.8 meters, giving the track an average grade of 12.48%. No turn names were given for the track.

It hosted the FIL World Luge Championships in 1963 and 1978 and it hosted the FIL European Luge Championships in 1956, 1971, and 1974.