Kurtinig an der Weinstraße

Kurtinig
—  Comune  —
Gemeinde Kurtinig an der Weinstraße Comune di Cortina sulla Strada del Vino
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.

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

External links

• (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality