Tyrol (state)

For ither uises, see Tyrol.

Tyrol (German: Tirol) is a state or Bundesland, locatit in the wast o Austrick. It comprises the Austrian pairt o the historical region o Tyrol.

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State o Austrick
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Kintra	Austrick
Caipital	Innsbruck
Govrenment
• Governor	Günther Platter (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	12640.17 km2 (4,880.40 sq mi)
Population
• Total	710,100
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	AT-7
NUTS Region	AT3
Votes in Bundesrat	5 (of 61)
Website	www.tirol.gv.at

The state is split intae twa pairts–cried North Tyrol an East Tyrol–bi a 20-kilometre (12 mi) -wide strip o land whaur the state o Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province o Sooth Tyrol.

North Tyrol borders Bavarie (Germany) in the north, the state o Vorarlberg in the wast, Italy an Swisserland in the sooth an Salzburg in the east. East Tyrol an aw borders Carinthie in the east.

The heichest muntain in the state is the Großglockner in the Hohe Tauern, wi an elevation o 3,797 m (12,457.35 ft.), which is an aw the heichest muntain in Austrick.

Ceeties an touns

The caipital is Innsbruck. The ceety is kent for its university, especially in medicine. Tyrol is popular for its famous ski resorts, which include Kitzbühel, Ischgl an St. Anton, but haes nae ceeties besides Innsbruck. Tae wit, the 15 lairgest towns in Tyrol are

#	Town	Inhabitants January 2017
1.	Innsbruck	132,236
2.	Kufstein	18,973
3.	Telfs	15,582
4.	Hall in Tirol	13,801
5.	Schwaz	13,606
6.	Wörgl	13,537
7.	Lienz	11,945
8.	Imst	10,371
9.	St. Johann in Tirol	9,425
10.	Rum	9,063
11.	Kitzbühel	8,341
12.	Zirl	8,134
13.	Wattens	7,870
14.	Landeck	7,764
15.	Jenbach	7,088

Admeenistrative diveesions

The nine destricts o Tyrol.

The state is dividit intae aicht destricts (Bezirke), an ane statutory ceety, Innsbruck. The destricts an their admeenistrative centres, frae wast tae east an north tae sooth, are:

North Tyrol

• Statutory ceety:
  • 1 Innsbruck (Stadt ceety)
• Destricts:
  • 6 Landeck Destrict, (Landeck)
  • 8 Reutte Destrict, (Reutte)
  • 3 Imst Destrict, (Imst)
  • 2 Innsbruck-Land, (Innsbruck)
  • 9 Schwaz Destrict, (Schwaz)
  • 5 Kufstein Destrict, (Kufstein)
  • 4 Kitzbühel Destrict, (Kitzbühel)

Destrict in East Tyrol

• • 7 Lienz Destrict, (Lienz)

History

Main airticle: History o Tyrol

Historically, the region wis pairt o the Coonty o Tyrol, which formit pairt o the Holy Roman Empire, later the Austrian Empire an feenally wis a Kronland (ryal territory) o Austrick-Hungary. The Coonty o Tyrol extendit ayont the bundaries o the day's state. Historically Tyrol (afore World War I) includit in addition tae the day's Tyrol (North Tyrol an East Tyrol) the Italian provinces o Sooth Tyrol an Trentino an three municipalities, which the day are pairt o the province o Belluno. Efter Warld War I, these became pairt o Italy accordin tae the proveesions o the Treaty o Saint Germain.

See an aw

• Ootline o Austrick
• Euroregion Tyrol-Sooth Tyrol-Trentino

Freemit airtins

• Tyrol Travel Guide
• Offeecial Website o Provincial Govrenment
• Sichtseein, History an Touns o Tyrol Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine