Sölden

Sölden () is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Austria.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sölden
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Soelden.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 270px
Settlement.image_caption: Sölden in mid-February 2005
Settlement.image_shield: AUT Sölden COA.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria#Austria Tyrol
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.image_map: Sölden im Bezirk IM.png
Settlement.mapsize: 260x260px
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tyrol
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District

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Geography
History
Population
Settlement
Ski resort
Transport
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Sölden () is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Austria.

==Geography== At c. , it is the largest municipality in the country. The population of 3,449 (as of 2003) is outnumbered by tourists, of which 15,000 can be accommodated. With tourist bed nights running at over two million per year, the municipality is third only to Vienna and Salzburg as an Austrian tourist destination. Sölden has lost some of its former small village charm, but other attractions have been enhanced in recent years.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sölden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.