Mühlbach, South Tyrol

Mühlbach
—  Comune  —
Marktgemeinde Mühlbach Comune di Rio di Pusteria
Mühlbach Location of Mühlbach in Italy
Coordinates: 46°48′N 11°40′E / 46.8°N 11.667°E / 46.8; 11.667Coordinates: 46°48′N 11°40′E / 46.8°N 11.667°E / 46.8; 11.667
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Maranzen (Maranza), Spinges (Spinga), Vals (Valles)
Government
– Mayor	Christoph Prugger
Area
– Total	84.1 km2 (32.5 sq mi)
Population (Nov. 2010)
– Total	2,955
– Density	35.1/km2 (91/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Mühlbacher Italian: di Rio Pusteria
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	39037
Dialing code	0472
Website	Official website

Mühlbach (Italian: Rio di Pusteria) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 90 km northeast of Trento and about 40 km northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,955 and an area of 84.1 km².^[1]

The municipality of Mühlbach contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Meransen (Maranza), Spinges (Spinga), Vals (Valles).

Mühlbach borders the following municipalities: Freienfeld, Franzensfeste, Natz-Schabs, Rodeneck, Pfitsch, and Vintl.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is crossed diagonally by an argent wavy stream on vert; at the top a water wheel and an argent donkey at bottom. The water wheel symbolizes the water mill once numerous in the area for the grinding; the donkey represents the pack animals used for the transport. The emblem was adopted in 1971.^[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 census, 95.31% of the population speak German, 4.03% Italian and 0.66% Ladin as first language.^[3]

Demographic evolution

References

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

External links

• (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality
• Homepage of the Mühlbacher Close (Rio Pusteria Close)