Axams

Axams
Coat of arms of Axams
Location in the district
Location in the district
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; 11.30000
CountryAustria
StateTyrol
DistrictInnsbruck Land
Government
 • MayorThomas Suitner (Frischer Wind)
Area
 • Total22.16 km2 (8.56 sq mi)
Elevation
874 m (2,867 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total5,996
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6094
Area code05234
Vehicle registrationIL
Websitewww.axams.tirol.gv.at

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.

  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.