Kurtinig an der Weinstraße

Coordinates: 46°16′N 11°13′E / 46.267°N 11.217°E / 46.267; 11.217
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Kurtinig
Comune
Gemeinde Kurtinig an der Weinstraße
Comune di Cortina sulla Strada del Vino
Location of Kurtinig
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39040
Dialing code0471
WebsiteOfficial website

Kurtinig an der Weinstraße (German pronunciation: [kʊrˈtiːnɪk an deːɐ̯ ˈvaɪnˌʃtraːsə]; Italian: Cortina sulla Strada del Vino [korˈtiːna sulla ˈstraːda del ˈviːno]), often abbreviated to Kurtinig or Cortina, is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the city of Bolzano.

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 646 and an area of 2.0 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi).[3]

Kurtinig borders the following municipalities: Margreid, Neumarkt, and Salorno.

History

Coat-of-arms!

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 embattled 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.[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 68.67% of the population speak German, 31.15% Italian and 0.17% Ladin as first language.[5]

Demographic evolution

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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  4. ^ Heraldry of the World: Kurtinig
  5. ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

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