Montafon

Montafon stone sheep in Bartholomäberg in the Montafon valley (2008)

Montafon (German: [mɔntaˈfoːn] ⓘ in local dialect: "Muntafu") is a 39 km long valley in the westernmost Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg.[1]

It is traversed by the river Ill (Vorarlberg) and extends from the city of Bludenz and the Verwall Alps in the north, to the Silvretta and Rätikon mountain range in the south. Piz Buin, at 3,312 meters, is the highest peak within the Silvretta mountain range and the highest peak in Vorarlberg. The Montafon region has a population of 16,421(2021).[2]

  1. ^ "Bergdörfer: Orte im Montafon | Ausflugsziele in Vorarlberg". www.montafon.at (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. ^ "VORARLBERG - BEVÖLKERUNGSSTAND IM MÄRZ 2021" (PDF). Verwaltungszählung Vorarlberg 2021.