Prags
Prags | |
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| Gemeinde Prags Comune di Braies | |
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Location of Prags  | |
  Prags Location of Prags in Italy  Prags Prags (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol) | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′N 12°8′E / 46.717°N 12.133°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Frazioni | Außerprags (Braies di Fuori), Innerprags (Braies di Dentro), St. Veit (San Vito), Schmieden (Ferrara). |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Friedrich Mittermair |
| Area | |
• Total | 89.2 km2 (34.4 sq mi) |
| Population (Nov. 2010)[2] | |
• Total | 657 |
| • Density | 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | German: Pragser Italian: di Braies |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39030 |
| Dialing code | 0474 |
| Website | Official website |
Prags (German pronunciation: [praks]; Italian: Braies [ˈbraːjes]; Ladin: Braies) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Bolzano.
Geography
[edit]As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 657 and an area of 89.2 square kilometres (34.4 sq mi).[3]
Prags is located in the Prags valley in the northern Dolomites. The valley is split into two branches, the western one ending at the Pragser Wildsee, a mountain lake, the eastern one at the Plätzwiese, an extended alpine pasture.
Prags borders the following municipalities: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Toblach, Mareo, Welsberg-Taisten, Olang, and Niederdorf.
Frazioni
[edit]The municipality of Prags contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außerprags (Braies di Fuori), Innerprags (Braies di Dentro), Schmieden (Ferrara) and St. Veit (San Vito).
History
[edit]Coat-of-arms
[edit]The emblem represents a stag on a mountain with three vert peaks, crossed by a wavy stream of argent. The emblem was granted in 1968.[4]
Society
[edit]Linguistic distribution
[edit]According to the 2011 census, 99.23% of the population speak German, 0.61% Italian and 0.15% Ladin as first language.[5]
| Language | 1991 | 2001[6] | 2011[5] |
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| German | 97.47% | 96.89% | 99.23% |
| Italian | 2.02% | 2.79% | 0.61% |
| Ladin | 0.51% | 0.33% | 0.15% |
Demographic evolution
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References
[edit]- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Heraldry of the World: Prags
- ^ a b "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10
External links
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Media related to Prags at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
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