Sexten

For other uses, see Sesto (disambiguation).
Sexten
—  Comune  —
Gemeinde Sexten
Comune di Sesto
Sexten
Location of Sexten in Italy
Coordinates:
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni Kiniger (Quiniga), Mitterberg (Monte di Mezzo), Schmieden (Ferrara), St. Veit (San Vito), Moos (Moso)
Government
 • Mayor Fritz Egarter
Area
 • Total 80 km2 (30.9 sq mi)
Elevation 1,310 m (4,298 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)[1]
 • Total 1,945
 • Density 24.3/km2 (63/sq mi)
Demonym German: Sextner
Italian: di Sesto
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39030
Dialing code 0474
Website Official website

Sexten (Italian: Sesto) is a comune in South Tyrol, in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of north-east Italy. The town is famous as a summer and winter sport resort and the mountains.

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Geography

The town sits in a branch of the Puster Valley, near Innichen and Toblach, where the Drava rises. The district borders East Tyrol, Austria to the north and the border is formed by the Carinthian Alps. To the south lie the eponymous Sextener Dolomites and nature park, which includes the famous Drei Zinnen (Tre Cime di Lavaredo).

The commune is bordered, clockwise from the west, by Toblach, Innichen, Sillian (Austria), Kartitsch (Austria), Comelico Superiore (Belluno) and Auronzo di Cadore, (Belluno).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is azure and represents three argent peaks with a sable chamois standing in the centre; the three peaks symbolize the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The emblem was granted in 1972 but was in use before the first World War.[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 ( census, 96.6% of the population speak German, 3.2% Italian and 0.2% Ladin as first language.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  2. ^ Heraldry of the World: Sexten
  3. ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 18, table 10

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sexten Sexten] at Wikimedia Commons