Canazei
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Country | Italy | |
region | Trentino-South Tyrol | |
province | Trento (TN) | |
Coordinates | 46 ° 29 ' N , 11 ° 46' E | |
height | 1465 m slm | |
surface | 67 km² | |
Residents | 1,881 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 28 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 38032 | |
prefix | 0462 | |
ISTAT number | 022039 | |
Popular name | Pacedins | |
Patron saint | San Floriano | |
Website | www.comune.canazei.tn.it |
Canazei ( Ladin Cianacéi , Kanzenei ' ) is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 1,881 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Trento , region of Trentino-South Tyrol . It belongs to the valley community Comun General de Fascia .
Surname
The Ladin name Cianacei refers to reeds or reeds in this area.
geography
Canazei is located about 67 km north-northeast of Trento in Val di Fassa on the orographic right side of the Avisio . The community is one of several Dolomites mountains surrounded, as in the east of the Marmolata- , north of the Sella and northwest of the Sassolungo . The winter and summer tourist destination is a junction of the Dolomite passes (four-pass trip around the Sella massif ( Sellaronda )). From Canazei, the Pordoi Pass leads into the Buchenstein Valley with Arabba , the Sella Pass into the Val Gardena to Selva di Val Gardena . You can also reach Malga Ciapela , Rocca Pietore and Alleghe in the province of Belluno ( Veneto region ) via the Passo Fedaia . The municipality of Canazei borders on that of Campitello di Fassa , Mazzin and San Giovanni di Fassa as well as on the South Tyrolean municipalities of Selva di Val Gardena and Corvara and on the Bellunese municipalities of Livinallongo del Col di Lana and Rocca Pietore.
Administrative division
The three fractions Alba di Canazei (Lad. Delba ), Gries and Penia belong to Canazei .
Population development
year | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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Residents | 901 | 921 | 1036 | 1193 | 1447 | 1608 | 1730 | 1818 | 1907 |
Source: ISTAT
Sports
The Marcialonga cross-country skiing marathon , one of sixteen runs in the Worldloppet series, runs through Canazei . Canazei is one of the starting points for the Sellaronda, the circumnavigation of the Sella massif on skis.
Personalities
- Francesco Jori (1889–1960), mountaineer
- Toni Valeruz (* 1951), extreme skier
photos
Main road to Alba with the Gran Vernel in the background
Old barn a so-called Tobià with the Sass Pordoi in the background
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.