Imst (district)

Infobox Austrian district
subject_name = Bezirk Imst
region_

district_

region = Tyrol
population = 52,658 (2001)
prefix = ?
area = 1724.8
car_plate = IM
nuts_code = ?
municipalities = 24
image_location = Karte-tirol-IM.png

The Bezirk Imst is an administrative district ("Bezirk") in Tyrol, Austria. It borders the district Reutte in the north, as well as Bavaria (Germany), but only very shortly, the district Innsbruck-Land in the east, Bolzano-Bozen (Italy) in the south, and the district Landeck in the west.

Area of the district is 1,724.82 km², with a population of 52,658 (May 15 2001), and population density of 31 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Imst.

Geography

The district comprises a part of the upper Inn valley with its tributary valleys Ötztal, Pitztal and Gurgltal, and the Mieminger Plateau. The area is dominated by high alpine mountains, mountain ranges include the Stubai Alps, Ötztal Alps, and Mieminger Mountains.

Historical populations
1869 |23079
1880 |22621
1890 |21387
1900 |20957
1910 |21536
1923 |21842
1934 |24210
1939 |25426
1951 |29954
1961 |33174
1971 |38326
1981 |42358
1991 |46833
2001 |52658
footnote= Source: [http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/bevoelkerung/volkszaehlungen/bevoelkerungsstand/index.html Statistik Austria]

Administrative divisions

The municipalities of the district:

* Arzl im Pitztal
* Haiming
* Imst
* Imsterberg
* Jerzens
* Karres
* Karrösten
* Längenfeld
* Mieming
* Mils bei Imst
* Mötz
* Nassereith
* Obsteig
* Oetz
* Rietz
* Roppen
* Sankt Leonhard im Pitztal
* Sautens
* Silz
* Sölden
* Stams
* Tarrenz
* Umhausen
* Wenns