Prags

Prags
Gemeinde Prags
Comune di Braies
Prags
Prags
Location of Prags
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Prags is located in Italy
Prags
Prags
Location of Prags in Italy
Prags is located in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Prags
Prags
Prags (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
Coordinates: 46°43′N 12°8′E / 46.717°N 12.133°E / 46.717; 12.133
CountryItaly
RegionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)
FrazioniAußerprags (Braies di Fuori), Innerprags (Braies di Dentro), St. Veit (San Vito), Schmieden (Ferrara).
Government
 • MayorFriedrich Mittermair
Area
 • Total89.2 km2 (34.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Nov. 2010)[2]
 • Total657
 • Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Demonym(s)German: Pragser
Italian: di Braies
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39030
Dialing code0474
WebsiteOfficial website
The Marienkapelle

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]
German 97.47% 96.89% 99.23%
Italian 2.02% 2.79% 0.61%
Ladin 0.51% 0.33% 0.15%

Demographic evolution[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. ^ Heraldry of the World: Prags
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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[edit]

Media related to Prags at Wikimedia Commons