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Coat of arms of Brand
Coat of arms
Location in the district
Location in the district
Brand is located in Austria
Brand
Brand
Location in Austria
Country Austria
State Vorarlberg
District Bludenz
Area
 • Total 40.28 km2 (15.55 sq mi)
Elevation
1,010 m (3,310 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6708
Area code 05559
Vehicle registration BZ
Website www.brand.at

Brand is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

Geography

A tourist resort in western Austria, Brand is about five kilometres north of the Swiss border and eight kilometers east of the border with the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1869 349 —    
1880 327 −6.3%
1890 311 −4.9%
1900 296 −4.8%
1910 344 +16.2%
1923 337 −2.0%
1934 371 +10.1%
1939 376 +1.3%
1951 446 +18.6%
1961 530 +18.8%
1971 583 +10.0%
1981 644 +10.5%
1991 646 +0.3%
2001 709 +9.8%
2011 657 −7.3%

Sports

Winter sports in Brand include both downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, winter hiking, skitouring, icefall climbing, skating, curling, horse riding, archery and indoor tennis. Summer activities include hiking, climbing, mountain biking, golf, tennis, horse riding, fly fishing, canyoning, archery, beach volleyball and soccer.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Brand (Austria) para niños

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