Prags is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in South Tyrol

South Tyrol

South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 110 km northeast of Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

 and about 60 km northeast of Bolzano (Bozen).

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 657 and an area of 89.2 km². According to the 2001 census, 96.89% of the population speak German, 2.79% Italian and 0.33% Ladin

Ladin

Ladin is a language consisting of a group of dialects spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the border regions of the provinces Trentino, South Tyrol and Belluno...

 as first language.

The municipality of Prags contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außerprags (Braies di Fuori), Innerprags (Braies di Dentro), Schmieden (Ferrara) and St. Veit (San Vito).

Prags borders the following municipalities: Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...

, Toblach

Toblach

Toblach is a comune/Gemeinde in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the Puster Valley about 110 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 70 km northeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.As of November 30, 2010, it had a...

, Mareo

Mareo

Mareo is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 90 km northeast of Trento and about 50 km northeast of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Welsberg-Taisten, Olang

Olang

Olang is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 100 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 60 km northeast of the city of Bolzano.-Geography:...

, and Niederdorf.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a stag

STAG

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 on a mountain with three vert

Vert

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 peaks, crossed by a wavy stream of argent

Argent

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. The emblem was granted in 1968.

Linguistic distribution

{| border="0"
{| border="0"
|-----
| align="left" |
{| class="wikitable"
|----- bgcolor=#DDDDDD
! Language
! 1991
! 2001
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| German
| align="right" | 97.47 %
| align="right" | 96.89 %
|-----
| Italian
| align="right" | 2.02 %
| align="right" | 2.79 %
|-----
| Ladin
| align="right" | 0.51 %
| align="right" | 0.33 %
|}
|}

External links

Homepage of the municipality