Districts of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The Districts of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol are a subdivision of the two Italian autonomous provinces of Trento (Trentino) and Bolzano (South Tyrol). They were established by a decree of the President of Italy (Nr. 987) on 10 June 1955.
In South Tyrol their name is Comunità comprensoriale or Comprensorio (in Italian), Bezirksgemeinschaft (in German), Cumunità raion or Comunitè comprensoriala (in Ladin). In Trentino is Comunità di valle[1] (in Italian) and Talgemeinschaft[2] (in German).
South Tyrol
[edit]South Tyrol is composed by 8 Comprensori/Bezirksgemeinschaften. One of them, Bolzano, is urban and composed only by the city. The city is also the seat of Salten-Schlern, but not part of its territory.[3]
| # | Name | Municipalities | Area (km2) | Inhabitants[4] | Capital | Map |
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| 1 | Bozen (Bolzano) |
1 | 52 | 103,135 | Bozen (Bolzano) |
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| 2 | Burggrafenamt (Burgraviato) |
26 | 1,101 | 97,315 | Meran (Merano) |
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| 3 | Pustertal (Val Pusteria) |
26 | 2,071 | 79,086 | Bruneck (Brunico) |
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| 4 | Überetsch-Unterland (Oltradige-Bassa Atesina) |
18 | 424 | 71,435 | Neumarkt (Egna) |
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| 5 | Eisacktal (Valle Isarco) |
13 | 624 | 49,840 | Brixen (Bressanone) |
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| 6 | Salten-Schlern (Salto-Sciliar) |
13 | 1,037 | 48,020 | Bozen (Bolzano) |
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| 7 | Vinschgau (Val Venosta) |
13 | 1,442 | 19,124 | Schlanders (Silandro) |
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| 8 | Wipptal (Alta Valle Isarco) |
6 | 650 | 18,220 | Sterzing (Vipiteno) |
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Trentino
[edit]Until 16 June 2006, Trentino was divided into 11 Comprensori/Bezirksgemeinschaften, abolished with a provincial law[5] and substituted by 16 valley communities. One of them, Val d'Adige, is a territory composed by Trento and other 3 municipalities, without a capital.[6]
| # | Name | Municipalities | Area (km2) | Inhabitants | Capital | Map |
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| 1 | Comunità territoriale della Val di Fiemme | 11 | 415 | 18,567 | Cavalese | 
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| 2 | Comunità di Primiero | 8 | 413 | 9,836 | Tonadico | 
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| 3 | Comunità Valsugana e Tesino | 21 | 578.88 | 25,694 | Borgo Valsugana | 
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| 4 | Comunità Alta Valsugana e Bersntol | 18 | 360.04 | 45,228 | Pergine Valsugana | 
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| 5 | Comunità della Valle di Cembra | 11 | 135 | 10,854 | Faver | 
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| 6 | Comunità della Val di Non | 38 | 596 | 37,143 | Cles | 
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| 7 | Comunità della Valle di Sole | 14 | 609.36 | 15,020 | Malè | 
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| 8 | Comunità delle Giudicarie | 39 | 1,176.51 | 35,647 | Tione di Trento | 
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| 9 | Comunità Alto Garda e Ledro | 7 | 353.33 | 42,955 | Riva del Garda | 
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| 10 | Comunità della Vallagarina | 17 | 694 | 78,482 | Rovereto | 
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| 11 | Comun General de Fascia | 7 | 318 | 9,195 | Pozza di Fassa | 
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| 12 | Magnifica Comunità degli Altipiani Cimbri | 3 | 106.17 | 4,442 | Lavarone | 
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| 13 | Comunità Rotaliana-Königsberg | 8 | 94.62 | 25,953 | Mezzocorona | 
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| 14 | Comunità della Paganella | 5 | 97.3 | 4,731 | Andalo | 
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| 15 | Val d'Adige territory | 4 | 188.97 | 110,061 | none | 
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| 16 | Comunità della Valle dei Laghi | 6 | 139.65 | 9,349 | Vezzano | 
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The older 11 district were: Val di Fiemme, Primiero, Bassa Valsugana e Tesino, Alta Valsugana, Val d'Adige, Val di Non, Val di Sole, Giudicarie, Alto Garda e Ledro, Vallagarina, Ladino di Fassa.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Comunità di valle" article on it.wiki
- ^ "Talgemeinschaft" article on de.wiki
- ^ (in German) Infos about the districts of South Tyrol
- ^ South Tyrol in figures Archived September 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian) Provincial Law of 16-6-2006 Archived 2011-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian) Infos about the districts of Trentino
External links
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- (in German and Italian) Bezirksgemeinschaften of South Tyrol
- (in Italian) Valley communities of Trentino
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