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Götzis is a town in the western Austrian stateofVorarlberg. The Alpine Rhine valley municipality belongs to the district of Feldkirch.
Götzis
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Götzis
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Coat of arms | |
Location in the district
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  Götzis Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°19′59″N 09°38′00″E / 47.33306°N 9.63333°E / 47.33306; 9.63333 | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Vorarlberg |
| District | Feldkirch |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christian Loacker (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.64 km2 (5.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
| Population
(2018-01-01)[2]
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| • Total | 11,473 |
| • Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code |
6840
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| Area code | 05523 |
| Vehicle registration | FK |
| Website | www.goetzis.at |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1869 | 2,534 | — |
| 1880 | 2,701 | +6.6% |
| 1890 | 2,982 | +10.4% |
| 1900 | 3,370 | +13.0% |
| 1910 | 4,013 | +19.1% |
| 1923 | 3,773 | −6.0% |
| 1934 | 4,052 | +7.4% |
| 1939 | 4,171 | +2.9% |
| 1951 | 5,435 | +30.3% |
| 1961 | 7,034 | +29.4% |
| 1971 | 8,292 | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 8,735 | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 9,512 | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 10,097 | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 10,627 | +5.2% |
The town is well known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so-called Hypo-Meeting, where some of the world's leading decathletes and heptathletes gather in the Mösle stadium. Past winners at Götzis include former decathlon world record holder, Olympic and world champion Roman Šebrle (who achieved the record at the 2001 Götzis meeting), world champion Bryan Clay and Olympic champion Carolina Klüft.
