Sexten

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Sesto ("Sexten")
img_coa = Sesto (BZ)-Stemma.png img_coa_small =


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elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 1310
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 80
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 1937
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population_density_km2 = 24
coordinates = coord|46|42|0|N|12|21|0|E|region:IT_type:city(1937)
gentilic = Sestesi
telephone = 0474
postalcode = 39030
frazioni = Quiniga, Monte di Mezzo, San Giuseppe, Ferrara, San Vito, Moso
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mapx = #expr:46 + 42 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:12 + 21 / 60.0
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native_name = Sesto ("Sexten")
name = Sesto ("Sexten")
website = http://www.comune.sesto.bz.it/

Sexten ( _it. Sesto) is a town and "comune" in the province of Bolzano-Bozen, in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of north-east Italy. The town is famous as a summer and winter sport resort.

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 Sexten Dolomites and an nature park.

The town is bordered by Auronzo di Cadore, Comelico Superiore, Dobbiaco, Kartitsch (Austria), San Candido and Sillian (Austria).

Notes and references

Photos

External links

* [http://www.frontedolomitico.it The Great War in the Dolomites] (Italian)