Prags

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Prags
Comune
Gemeinde Prags
Comune di Braies
Prags
Prags
Prags is located in Italy
Prags
Prags
Location of Prags in Italy
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Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city 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)
 • Total 657
 • Density 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German: Pragser
Italian: di Braies
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39030
Dialing code 0474
Website Official website

Prags (Italian: Braies ; Ladin: Braies) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 657 and an area of 89.2 square kilometres (34.4 sq mi).[1]

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

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

Coat-of-arms

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.[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 99.23% of the population speak German, 0.61% Italian and 0.15% Ladin as first language.[3]

Language 1991 2001[4] 2011[3]
German 97.47% 96.89% 99.23%
Italian 2.02% 2.79% 0.61%
Ladin 0.51% 0.33% 0.15%

Demographic evolution

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Heraldry of the World: Prags
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  4. 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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