Lans is a town in the district of Innsbruck Land in the

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n state of

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

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

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal 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 Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

. Lans is located on the old salt road and was first mentioned in 1180 as "Lannes". The main attractions are the lake Lanser See, several good restaurants 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,

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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 (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, crossed by numerou ...

, Ellbögen,

, Patsch, and Sistrans

Personalities

Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (31 July 1909 – 26 May 1999) was an Austrian-American nobleman and polymath, whose areas of interest included philosophy, history, political science, economics, linguistics, art and theology. He oppose ...

lived and died in Lans. * Heinrich C. Berann died in Lans * Christian Berger comes from Lans. *

Hellmut Lantschner Hellmut Lantschner (11 November 1909 – 4 July 1993) was an Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states o ...

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