Faggen

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Coordinates: 47°04′50″N 10°40′20″E / 47.08056°N 10.67222°E / 47.08056; 10.67222

Faggen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Faggen
Faggen is located in Austria
Administration
Country  Austria
State Tyrol
District Landeck
Mayor Andreas Förg
Basic statistics
Area 3.63 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Elevation 900 m  (2953 ft)
Population 301  (31 December 2005)
 - Density 83 /km² (215 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate LA
Postal code 6522
Area code 05472

Faggen is a small municipality in the Landeck district and is located 10.5 km south of Landeck at the entrance of the Kauner Valley which is a side valley on the upper course of the Inn River.

It has 6 hamlets and is very weak in structure. Main source of income is „gentle“ agriculture but many inhabitants are commuters because there are hardly jobs. It has 301 inhabitants.