Altrei (; ) is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) and a village in
South Tyrol
South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...
in northern
Italy
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.
Geography
Altrei is the only South Tyrolean municipality in the
Fiemme Valley of the
Southern Limestone Alps
The Southern Limestone Alps (, ), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the mountain range, ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacent lands of Austria and Slovenia. The ...
, located about south of
Bolzano
Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...
half-way to the city of
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...
. The surrounding communities of
Capriana,
Carano,
Castello-Molina di Fiemme, and
Valfloriana in the north, south and east all belong to the
Trentino
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province, except for
Truden in the northwest. In the southeast, the Altrei municipal area stretches down to the
Avisio valley. Large parts belong to the
Trudner Horn Nature Park.
As of 30 November 2010, Altrei had a population of 384 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
Frazioni
The municipality contains the ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Eben (Pramarino) and Guggal.
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 87.98% of the population speak
German, 12.02%
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
as first language.
Demographic evolution
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History
''Antereu'' was first mentioned in a 1321 deed issued by Count
Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol, who had the area settled by German peasants. It was part of Henry's successful attempts to encounter the feudal sovereignty of the
prince-bishop
A prince-bishop is a bishop who is also the civil ruler of some secular principality and sovereignty, as opposed to '' Prince of the Church'' itself, a title associated with cardinals. Since 1951, the sole extant prince-bishop has been the ...
s of
Trent in the Fiemme Valley. The remote area remained a Tyrolean possession until in 1779 the
Habsburg
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empress
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure, in her own right. She was the ...
exchanged it for nearby
Tramin in the
Etschtal. After the 1803
secularisation
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, all Fiemme Valley estates were incorporated into the
Austrian crown land of Tyrol.
During the
Fascist
Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...
regime, Altrei from 1926 was part of the larger Capriana municipality within the Trentino province; it was again affiliated with South Tyrol according to the First Autonomy Statute of 1948.
File:St. Katharina 5.JPG, St Catherine's Church
File:Traditional Südtirol house in Anterivo.jpg, A traditional Südtirol
South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The provinc ...
house
Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents the ten farms built in 1321 that formed the core of Altrei. The shield is
party per fess countchanged, each part is divided into five vertical, the colors are
sable
The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaz ...
and
argent
In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to b ...
alternate. The emblem was adopted in 1968.
References
External links
Municipal website
{{Authority control
Municipalities of South Tyrol
Articles which contain graphical timelines