Tirol... Heart of the Alps.
Tirol has a land area of 12,648 square
kilometres and a population of 630,000,
making it the third largest of Austria's
provinces. A typical Alpine region, only
13% of its land is inhabitable.
Conservation and land use laws designate
another 20% as nature reserves,
protected land where development is by
special permit only, or areas closed to
all development. Tirol shares borders
with Germany, Italy and Switzerland,,
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