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Sellrain is located in Austria
Sellrain
Sellrain
Location in Austria
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Area
 • Total 62 km2 (24 sq mi)
Elevation
909 m (2,982 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6181
Area code 05230
Vehicle registration IL
Website www.sellrain.tirol.gv.at

Sellrain is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 14.40 km (8.95 mi) southwest of Innsbruck in the Sellrain Valley. The River Melach and its tributary the Fotscherbach flow through it. Most inhabitants are farmers and also have another job in the neighboring Innsbruck. There are two Catholic churches in the village St. Quirin and St. Anna. They are both over 300 years old.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1869 779 —    
1880 712 −8.6%
1890 716 +0.6%
1900 719 +0.4%
1910 744 +3.5%
1923 728 −2.2%
1934 875 +20.2%
1939 879 +0.5%
1951 947 +7.7%
1961 1,069 +12.9%
1971 1,157 +8.2%
1981 1,189 +2.8%
1991 1,268 +6.6%
2001 1,362 +7.4%
2011 1,338 −1.8%

History

The first settlement developed around the ferruginous healing spring Rothenbrunn, which was used by Innsbruck nobles and citizens since the Middle Ages. The place name is first mentioned in a document dated 1271 as Selrain. The origin of the name is disputed. It may be based on the ancient field name *selia ('Sennhütte'). In any case, the name is pre-Roman.

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