Röns

Röns is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg Austria with 329 inhabitants (December 31, 2013). With only 1.44 square kilometers municipal area Röns is the smallest area of ​​municipality in Vorarlberg.

Geography

Röns is located in the westernmost province of Austria, Vorarlberg, in the district of Feldkirch to 610 meters. 36.8 % of the area is forested.

There are no other local villages in Röns.

History

The Habsburgs ruled the areas in Vorarlberg changing of Tyrol and Further Austria from ( Freiburg im Breisgau). From 1805 to 1814, the town belonged to Bavaria, then back to Austria. For the Austrian state of Vorarlberg Röns heard since the foundation in 1861. The place was from 1945 to 1955 part of the French zone of occupation in Austria.

Population

Demographics

The proportion of foreigners at the end of 2002 at 4.5 %.

Policy

The municipal council consists of nine members. Mayor Anton Gohm.

The municipality revenue from taxes and other charges in 2001 were at 283 733 euros, spending at EUR 854 465. The debt was 2001 628.463 euros.

Economy and infrastructure

At the site there were in 2003 three companies of the industrial economy with eleven employees and two apprentices.

Taxable wage -employed, there were 114 agriculture plays an important role. The proportion of agricultural land in the total area is 52.1 percent. In the resort there are (as of January 2003) 18 students. In Röns there is also a Montessori kindergarten.

Culture and sights

Others

For six years Röns is in the spring of countless millipedes of the species Megaphyllum haunted unilineatum .. The phenomenon is scientifically researched, but has so far found no explanation for why the animals multiply in Röns so strong.