Götzis
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| Country | Austria |
| State | Vorarlberg |
| District | Feldkirch |
| Mayor | Werner Huber (ÖVP) |
| Area | 14.64 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 448 m (1470 ft) |
| Population | 10,703 (1 January 2011)[1] |
| - Density | 731 /km2 (1,893 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | FK |
| Postal code | 6840 |
| Area code | 05523 |
| Website | www.goetzis.at
Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.6333333°E |
Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg, district Feldkirch.
The town is well-known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium. Past winners at Götzis include decathlon world record holder, Olympic and world champion Roman Šebrle (who achieved the record at the 2001 Götzis meeting), world champion Bryan Clay and Olympic champion Carolina Klüft.
The singer Elfi Graf lives in Götzis.[2]
Population: ca. 10,500;
Households: ca. 4,243;
Buildings: ca. 2,600;
Area: 14,64 km²;
Altitude: Ranges from 410 to 1,645 meters above sea level (Adria)
[edit] References
- ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.
- ^ "Rindsvögel von Elfi Graf". Radio Vorarlberg. ORF. http://vorarlberg.orf.at/magazin/studio/radiovorarlberg/stories/170133/. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
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