# Altach

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{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=April 2010|Altach}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Altach
| native_name        = 
| settlement_type    = [Municipality](/source/Municipality_(Austria))
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| pushpin_map        = Austria
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria
| image_map          = Altach im Bezirk FK.png
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| map_caption        = Location in the district
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [Austria](/source/Austria)
| subdivision_type1  = [State](/source/States_of_Austria)
| subdivision_name1  = [Vorarlberg](/source/Vorarlberg)
| subdivision_type2  = [District](/source/District_(Austria))
| subdivision_name2  = [Feldkirch](/source/Feldkirch_District)
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| leader_title       = [Mayor](/source/Burgomaster)
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| leader_name1       = <!-- Statistics -->
| area_footnotes     = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}}
| area_total_km2     = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}}
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| elevation_m        = 412
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| population_as_of   = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}}
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone           = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
| timezone_DST       = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset         = +1
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| registration_plate = [FK](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Austria)
| postal_code_type   = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_Austria)
| postal_code        = 6844
| area_code_type     = [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_Austria)
| area_code          = 05576
| website            = [http://www.altach.at www.altach.at]
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Altach''' is a municipality in the district of [Feldkirch](/source/Feldkirch_District), in the westernmost [Austria](/source/Austria)n state of [Vorarlberg](/source/Vorarlberg).

== Neighboring municipalities==
Five other municipalities surround Altach: [Hohenems](/source/Hohenems) in the district of [Dornbirn](/source/Dornbirn_(district)), [Götzis](/source/G%C3%B6tzis) and [Mäder](/source/M%C3%A4der) in the district of [Feldkirch](/source/Feldkirch_(district)), and [Oberriet](/source/Oberriet) and [Diepoldsau](/source/Diepoldsau) in the [Swiss canton](/source/Cantons_of_Switzerland) [St. Gallen](/source/St._Gallen).

== History ==
The [Habsburgs](/source/Habsburgs) ruled over the villages in Vorarlberg alternately from [Tyrol](/source/County_of_Tyrol) and [Further Austria](/source/Further_Austria). In 1801, Altach was separated from neighboring Götzis; from 1805 to 1814 Altach belonged to [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), then reverted to Austria. Altach has been part of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg since the latter's founding in 1861. From 1945 to 1955, the municipality was in the [French occupation zone](/source/Occupation_Zones_in_Austria) in Austria.

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1869|935
|1880|1009
|1890|1130
|1900|1339
|1910|1608
|1923|1516
|1934|1700
|1939|1688
|1951|1930
|1961|2802
|1971|3977
|1981|4430
|1991|4911
|2001|5704
|2011|6394
}}
{{clear left}}

==Sport==
As of the season 2021-22, the football club [SC Rheindorf Altach](/source/SC_Rheindorf_Altach) plays in [Bundesliga](/source/Austrian_Football_Bundesliga), the highest division.

==Transport==
[Altach railway station](/source/Altach_railway_station) is on the main west–east route connecting the [Vorarlberg railway](/source/Vorarlberg_railway) line ({{lang|de|Vorarlbergbahn}}) in the directions of [Bregenz](/source/Bregenz) and [Feldkirch](/source/Feldkirch%2C_Vorarlberg)/[Bludenz](/source/Bludenz), continuing eastward over the [Arlberg Railway](/source/Arlberg_Railway) line to [Innsbruck](/source/Innsbruck) and beyond. The railway station is served by the S1 service of [Vorarlberg S-Bahn](/source/Vorarlberg_S-Bahn).

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* '''Official homepage of Altach: [http://www.altach.at www.altach.at]'''

{{commons category}}

{{Municipalities in Vorarlberg}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Cities and towns in Feldkirch District

{{Vorarlberg-geo-stub}}

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