Margreid an der Weinstraße

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Margreid

46°17′N 11°13′E / 46.283°N 11.217°E / 46.283; 11.217CountryItalyRegionTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)FrazioniUnterfennberg (Favogna di Sotto)Government

• MayorAndreas BonellArea

^[1]

• Total13.9 km² (5.4 sq mi)Elevation

241 m (791 ft)Population

(November 2010^[2])^[3]

• Total1,302 • Density94/km² (240/sq mi)Demonym(s)German: Margreider
Italian: MagresiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

39040

Dialing code0471WebsiteOfficial website

Margreid an der Weinstraße (German pronunciation: [marˈɡraɪt an deːɐ̯ ˈvaɪnˌʃtraːsə]; Italian: Magrè sulla Strada del Vino [maˈɡrɛ ssulla ˈstraːda del ˈviːno]), often abbreviated to Margreid or Magrè, is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the city of Bolzano.

Margreid borders the following municipalities: Kurtatsch, Kurtinig, Neumarkt, Roverè della Luna and Salorno.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is party per fess, of gules and sable, with an or horn. It is the arms of the family Ob der Platten who lived in the village until 1511. The emblem, which was adopted in 1968, appeared as a seal in 1780.^[4]

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 84.33% of the population speak German, 15.22% Italian and 0.45% Ladin as first language.^[5]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Heraldry of the World: Margreid an der Weinstraße
^ "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.