Lans is a town in the district of

Innsbruck Land The Bezirk Innsbruck-Land is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in Tyrol, Austria. It encloses the Statutarstadt Innsbruck, and borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the district Schwaz in the east, South Tyrol in Italy to the south, and th ...

in the

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n state of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

. The village is located 8 km (15 minutes by car) south of the city of

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

. Lans is located on the

old salt road The Old Salt Route was a medieval trade route in Northern Germany, one of the ancient network of salt roads which were used primarily for the transport of salt and other staples. In Germany it was referred to as ''Alte Salzstraße''. Salt was v ...

and first mentioned in 1180 as "Lannes". The main attractions are the lake Lanser See, several good restaurants (Wilder Mann, Isserwirt, Walzl) and the health center Lanserhof. In summer, the golf resort ''Sperberegg'' is an additional attraction.

Population

International relations

Lans is twinned with

Boutigny-sur-Essonne Boutigny-sur-Essonne (, literally ''Boutigny on Essonne'') is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. The nearby villages are La Ferté-Alais (aerodrome of Cerny – Jean Baptiste Salis: Annual international m ...

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since April 23, 1961.

Villages and towns in the vicinity

Aldrans Aldrans is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol (state), Tyrol (Austria) at an altitude of , which had an area of and 2,496 inhabitants as January 2015. Geography The village is on a highlands terrace southeast of Innsbruck, cros ...

Ellbögen Ellbögen is a community in the district of Innsbruck Land and lies 12 km south of Innsbruck. It is a scattered village located on the eastern valley side of the Wipptal The Wipp Valley (german: Wipptal) is an Alpine valley in Tyrol, Aus ...

Patsch Patsch is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 6.7 km south of Innsbruck at the bottom of the Patscherkofel Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in the Alps, in state of Tyrol, Tyrol in ...

, and

Sistrans Sistrans is a community in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was ...

Personalities

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (; 31 July 1909 – 26 May 1999) was an Austrian political scientist and philosopher. He opposed the ideas of the French Revolution as well as those of communism and Nazism. Describing himself as a "conserv ...

lived and died in Lans. * Heinrich C. Berann died in Lans *

Christian Berger Christian Berger (born 13 January 1945) is an Austrian cinematographer. His 1985 film '' Raffl'' was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. He is mostly known for his work with Michael Haneke. In February 2010, Berger was nomi ...

comes from Lans. *

Hellmut Lantschner Hellmut Lantschner (11 November 1909 – 4 July 1993) was an Austrian and German alpine skier and world champion. He first competed for Austria, and from 1935 for Germany. He is the brother of Alpine skier and actor Gustav Lantschner. ...

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