Pfons

Pfons
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Pfons Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°08′33″N 11°27′38″E
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Innsbruck Land
Government
• Mayor	Argen Woertz
Area
• Total	21.7 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,043 m (3,422 ft)
Population (1 January 2012)
• Total	1,242
• Density	Bad rounding here57/km2 (Bad rounding here150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6143
Area code	05273
Vehicle registration	IL
Website	www.pfons.tirol.gv.at

Pfons is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 13.70 km south of Innsbruck in the Wipptal at the Sill River. Although it is not exactly clear where the name of the village comes from, the location was first mentioned as “Phunzun” in 1030 and later as “Phanes” in 1177. Formerly a part of Matrei am Brenner Pfons was declared as independent in 1811. It has 1228 inhabitants.