Mals

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Mals
Comune
Gemeinde Mals
Comune di Malles Venosta
Mals
Location of Mals in Italy
Coordinates: 46°42′N 10°33′E / 46.700°N 10.550°E / 46.700; 10.550Coordinates: 46°42′N 10°33′E / 46.700°N 10.550°E / 46.700; 10.550
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni Burgeis (Burgusio), Laatsch (Laudes), Matsch (Mazia), Planeil (Planol), Plawenn (Piavenna), Schleis (Clusio), Schlinig (Slingia), Tartsch (Tarces), Ulten-Alsack (Alsago-Ultimo)
Government
 • Mayor Ulrich Veith
Area
 • Total 246.7 km2 (95.3 sq mi)
Elevation 1,051 m (3,448 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
 • Total 5,092
 • Density 21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Demonym German:Malser
Italian: mallesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39024
Dialing code 0473
Website Official website

Mals (Italian: Malles Venosta) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 km northwest of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland and Austria.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 5,092 and an area of 246.7 km².[1]

Mals borders the following municipalities: Graun im Vinschgau, Glurns, Laas, Scuol (Switzerland), Schnals, Sent (Switzerland), Schlanders, Schluderns, Sölden (Austria), and Taufers im Münstertal.

Frazioni

The municipality of Mals contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Burgeis (Burgusio), Laatsch (Laudes), Matsch (Mazia), Planeil (Planol), Plawenn (Piavenna), Schleis (Clusio), Schlinig (Slingia), Tartsch (Tarces), and Ulten-Alsack (Alsago-Ultimo).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is party per fess: the upper of gules a fess argent, at the bottom or three gules circles arranged in a triangle upside-down. It is the combination of coats of arms of the House of Austria and Medici. The emblem was adopted in 1928.[2]

Gallery

  • St. Benedict's Church in Mals

  • St. Veit am Bichl in Tartsch

  • Tower of the old St. John's Church

  • The tower Fröhlichsturm in Mals

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.92% of the population speak German, 3.00% Italian and 0.08% Ladin as first language.[3]

Demographic evolution

References

  1. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. ↑ Heraldry of the World: Mals
  3. ↑ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol) (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14. 

External links

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