Kurtinig an der Weinstraße

Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
Kurtinig
—  Comune  —
Gemeinde Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
Comune di Cortina sulla Strada del Vino
Kurtinig is located in Italy
Kurtinig
Location of Kurtinig in Italy
Coordinates: 46°16′N 11°13′E / 46.267°N 11.217°E / 46.267; 11.217Coordinates: 46°16′N 11°13′E / 46.267°N 11.217°E / 46.267; 11.217
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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History

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]

Society

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]

Demographic evolution

References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. ^ Heraldry of the World: Kurtinig
  3. ^ 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

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