Prags

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Location of Prags

46°43′N 12°8′E / 46.717°N 12.133°E / 46.717; 12.133CountryItalyRegionTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)FrazioniAußerprags (Braies di Fuori), Innerprags (Braies di Dentro), St. Veit (San Vito), Schmieden (Ferrara).Government

• MayorFriedrich MittermairArea

^[1]

• Total89.2 km² (34.4 sq mi)Population

(Nov. 2010)^[2]

• Total657 • Density7.4/km² (19/sq mi)Demonym(s)German: Pragser
Italian: di BraiesTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

39030

Dialing code0474WebsiteOfficial 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

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

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.^[4]

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.^[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

References

^ "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