Brand, Vorarlberg

Brand
Coat of arms
Brand Location within Austria
Location in the district
Coordinates: 47°06′00″N 09°44′00″E / 47.10000°N 9.73333°ECoordinates: 47°06′00″N 09°44′00″E / 47.10000°N 9.73333°E
Country	Austria
State	Vorarlberg
District	Bludenz
Government
• Mayor	Erich Schedler
Area
• Total	40.19 km^2 (15.52 sq mi)
Elevation	1,010 m (3,310 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
• Total	672
• Density	17/km^2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6708
Area code	05559
Vehicle registration	BZ
Website	www.brand.at

Brand is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg.

Geography

A tourist resort in western Austria, Brand is about five kilometres north of the Swiss border and eight kilometers east of the border with the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	349	—
1880	327	−6.3%
1890	311	−4.9%
1900	296	−4.8%
1910	344	+16.2%
1923	337	−2.0%
1934	371	+10.1%
1939	376	+1.3%
1951	446	+18.6%
1961	530	+18.8%
1971	583	+10.0%
1981	644	+10.5%
1991	646	+0.3%
2001	709	+9.8%
2011	657	−7.3%

Sports

Winter sports in Brand include both downhill and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, winter hiking, skitouring, icefall climbing, skating, curling, horse riding, archery and indoor tennis. Summer activities include hiking, climbing, mountain biking, golf, tennis, horse riding, fly fishing, canyoning, archery, beach volleyball and soccer.

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.