Kauns
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Kauns is a tiny municipality in the district of Landeck
Landeck (district)
The Bezirk Landeck is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders the district Reutte in the north, the district Imst in the east, South Tyrol and Graubünden in the south, and the district Bludenz in the west.The area of the district is 1,594.81 km²...

 and is located app. 12 km southeast of Landeck
Landeck
Landeck is a city in Tyrol, Austria with approximately 7,633 inhabitants. It is located at an elevation of about 820 m in the west of Tyrol, on the rivers Sanna and Inn...

 as well as 1 km below Kaunerberg
Kaunerberg
Kaunerberg is a municipality in the district of Landeck and is located app. 12.60 km southeast of Landeck in a valley with the same name at the upper course of the Inn River. Main source of income is „gentle“ agriculture. It has 335 inhabitants....

 in a valley with the same name at the upper course of the Inn River
Inn River
The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :...

. Several fires have tortured the village; only a few houses survived the catastrophes. It has 469 inhabitants.
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