Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
| Kurtinig | |
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| — Comune — | |
| Gemeinde Kurtinig an der Weinstraße Comune di Cortina sulla Strada del Vino |
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 Kurtinig
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| Coordinates: 46°16′N 11°13′E / 46.267°N 11.217°ECoordinates: 46°16′N 11°13′E / 46.267°N 11.217°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Manfred Mayr (South Tyrolean People's Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.0 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
| Population (Nov.2010) | |
| • Total | 646 |
| • Density | 323/km2 (836.6/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German:Kurtiniger Italian: cortineri |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 39040 |
| Dialing code | 0471 |
| Website | Official website |
Kurtinig an der Weinstraße (Italian: Cortina or Cortina sulla Strada del Vino) is a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 30 km southwest of the city of Bolzano.
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 646 and an area of 2.0 km².[1]
Kurtinig borders the following municipalities: Margreid, Neumarkt, and Salorno.
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[edit] History
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The emblem is an argent embattled wall, with a portal, above an azure band in the lower half; an eight-pointed star on the left side and the crescent moon on the right, both of argent on a gules background, in the upper half. The embattlted wall was built to protect the village from the flooding of the river Etsch; the star and the moon are a recall to the arms of the Lords of Appian which the village belonged. [2]
[edit] Society
[edit] Linguistic distribution
According to the 2001 census, 68.92% of the population speak German, 30.55% Italian and 0.53% Ladin as first language.[3]
[edit] Demographic evolution
[edit] References
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Heraldry of the World: Kurtinig
- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
[edit] External links
- (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality
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