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Gerlos
Municipality in Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria
Gerlos is a municipality with 793 inhabitants (as of Jan. 2019) in Schwaz district of the Austrian state of Tyrol. The village is popular with skiing tourists, mainly families, as there is easy access to Zillertal Arena Centre on Isskogel.
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The village lies in the Zell am Ziller judicial district. The municipality of Gerlos has seven districts: Au, Gmünd, Innertal, Mitterhof, Oberhof, Ried and Schwarzach. Gerlos is located in the de:Gerlostal, which is a side valley of the Zillertal, branching to the east near Zell am Ziller. Gerlos consists of several hamlets located along the Gerlos Pass on the floor of the valley, at an altitude of around 1200m. To the south, the side valleys of de:Schwarzach, de:Wimmerbach, and de:Schönach lead to the Zillertal Alps, which are over 3000 meters tall. To the north, there is a ski area on the Kitzbuhel Alps. The municipal area of Gerlos has an area of approximately 120 km.
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