Plaus

Plaus
Plaus
	Comune
	Gemeinde Plaus; Comune di Plaus
	Church
	Location of Plaus
	Plaus Location of Plaus in Italy Plaus Plaus (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°39′N 11°02′E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Klotz
Area [1]
• Total	4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population (Nov. 2010)[2]
• Total	683
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Plauser; Italian: plausini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39025
Dialing code	0473
Website	Official website

Plaus (Italian pronunciation: [ˈplaus]; German pronunciation: [plaʊ̯s]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 683 and an area of 187.0 square kilometres (72.2 sq mi).[3]

Plaus is one of the three municipalities of South Tyrol whose name remained unchanged by the early 20th century renaming programme which aimed at replacing mostly German place names with Italianised versions, the other two being Gais and Lana.[4]

Plaus borders the following municipalities: Algund, Naturns and Partschins.

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is argent a fess gules and three sable eagles. It is the arms of the Lord of Tarant, who lived in the Tarantsberg Castle until 1291. The emblem was adopted in 1966.[5]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.58% of the population speak German and 2.42% Italian as their first language.[6]

Demographic evolution

References

"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
Olt, Reinhard (28 September 2000). "Am Eisack (Isarco) und an der Etsch (Adige) Namen in Südtirol wecken nationale Leidenschaften". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Heraldry of the World: Plaus
"Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

Official Website of the municipality of Plaus (in German and Italian)

Media related to Plaus at Wikimedia Commons

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v3-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v3-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[istat-3] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[4] Olt, Reinhard (28 September 2000). "Am Eisack (Isarco) und an der Etsch (Adige) Namen in Südtirol wecken nationale Leidenschaften". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

[5] Heraldry of the World: Plaus

[6] "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.