Burgrave Office (district community)

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South Tyrol with the district community Burggrafenamt in green
Municipalities of the Burgrave Office

The District Burggrafenamt ( Italian Comunità Comprensoriale Burgraviato ) was founded 1971st Originally the district community comprised 23 communities , in 1973 the communities Partschins, Plaus and Naturns joined and in 1986 the city of Merano. The 26 communities ( St. Felix and Our Lady in the Forest merged in 1974) extend over an area of ​​1,101 km² with around 100,000 inhabitants (as of 2014) in the actual Burggrafenamt as well as in adjacent areas such as the Deutschnonsberg and the lower Vinschgau . The capital is Meran .

In the census, around 77% of the residents of the Burgrave Office stated that they use German as a colloquial language. Around 22.69% were Italian-speaking, most of them live in Merano . Outside of Merano, 6% in the Burgraviato Office spoke Italian.

The municipalities of the district community are:

  1. Algund ,
  2. Burgstall ,
  3. Gargazon ,
  4. Hafling ,
  5. Kuens ,
  6. Lana ,
  7. Laurein ,
  8. Marling ,
  9. Meran ,
  10. Moss ,
  11. Nals ,
  12. Naturns ,
  13. Partschins ,
  14. Plausibility ,
  15. Proveis ,
  16. Riffian ,
  17. St. Leonhard ,
  18. St. Martin ,
  19. St. Pankraz ,
  20. Schenna ,
  21. Tyrol ,
  22. Tesimo ,
  23. Tscherms ,
  24. Ulten ,
  25. Our Lady in the Walde-St. Felix and
  26. Verano .

Meraner Land

The tourist associations of the Burggrafenamt district community have joined forces with the Schnalstal tourist association to form the Meraner Land holiday region .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Demographic Handbook for South Tyrol 2014. State Institute for Statistics (Astat), accessed on January 16, 2015 (PDF file).
  2. ↑ Official website of the Meraner Land holiday region

Web links

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