Oberperfuss

Oberperfuss
Oberperfuss
Coat of arms
Oberperfuss Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°15′00″N 11°15′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Innsbruck Land
Government
• Mayor	Johanna Obojes-Rubatscher (Oberperfuss Aktiv)
Area
• Total	15.29 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Elevation	812 m (2,664 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	3,043
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6173
Area code	05232
Vehicle registration	IL
Website	www.gemeinde-oberperfuss.at

Oberperfuss is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located about 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Innsbruck at the entrance of the Sellrain Valley. It was mentioned in documents around 1083 for the first time.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	909	—
1880	817	−10.1%
1890	804	−1.6%
1900	815	+1.4%
1910	842	+3.3%
1923	898	+6.7%
1934	999	+11.2%
1939	1,017	+1.8%
1951	1,217	+19.7%
1961	1,307	+7.4%
1971	1,559	+19.3%
1981	1,766	+13.3%
1991	2,187	+23.8%
2001	2,712	+24.0%
2011	2,815	+3.8%

Geography

Oberperfuss is located in the Inn Valley about 15 km west of Innsbruck, on a low mountain terrace opposite Grinzens, at the entrance to the Sellrain Valley.

History

According to the Inn valley tax book of 1312, about 300 inhabitants from the farming class lived in Oberperfuss at that time, plus craftsmen and wage laborers. Around the year 1600 there were probably already about 800 inhabitants. According to the last census in 2001, 2712 people lived in the community. The majority of the inhabitants commute, especially to the provincial capital Innsbruck.