Plaus

Plaus
—  Comune  —
Gemeinde Plaus
Comune di Plaus
Church
Plaus
Location of Plaus in Italy
Coordinates:
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
 • Mayor Jürgen Klotz
Area
 • Total 4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population (Nov. 2010)
 • Total 683
 • Density 139.4/km2 (361/sq mi)
Demonym German: Plauser
Italian: plausini
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39025
Dialing code 0473
Website Official website

Plaus is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km north of the city of Trento and about 30 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.

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Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 683 and an area of 187.0 km².[1]

Plaus is one of the three communes of South Tyrol whose name, for the simple reason of being overlooked, remained unchanged by the fascist renaming programme which aimed at replacing mostly German place names with Italianized versions.[2]

Plaus borders the following municipalities: Algund, Naturns and Partschins.

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is argent a fess gules and three sable eagles. It is the arms of the Lord of Tarant, who lived in the Tarantsberg Castle until 1291. The emblem was adopted in 1966.[3]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 census, 99.01% of the population speak German and 0.99% Italian as first language.[4]

Demographic evolution


References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. ^ Im Land an Eisack (Isarco) und an Etsch (Adige), in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (28/09/2000)
  3. ^ Heraldry of the World: Plaus
  4. ^ South Tyrol in figures, Autonomous Province of South Tyrol - Provincial Statistics Institute, 2008, pp. 17, http://www.provinz.bz.it/Astat/downloads/Siz_2008-eng.pdf 

External links

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