Moos in Passeier (; ) 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 the Passeier Valley. It is located 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 ...

, northern

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, about northwest of the province's capital

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 ...

, on the border with

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Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,174 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The word ''Moos'' means

bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and musk ...

wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

Austro-Bavarian Bavarian (; ), alternately Austro-Bavarian, is a group of Upper German varieties spoken in the south-east of the German language area, including the German state of Bavaria, most of Austria, and South Tyrol in Italy. Prior to 1945, Bavaria ...

dialects of German. Moos in Passeier borders the following municipalities: Partschins,

Ratschings Ratschings (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about north of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 4,363 and an area of .All demograp ...

, Riffian, St. Leonhard in Passeier, St. Martin in Passeier, Schnals, Tirol and

Sölden Sölden () is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Austria. Geography At c. , it is the largest municipality in the country. The population of 3,449 (as of 2003) is outnumbered by tourists, of which 15,000 can be accommodated. Wit ...

(in Austria).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents three

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and sharp peaks, silhouetted against the azure sky and the

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grass, which symbolizes the position of the municipality. The coat of arms was granted in 1967.Heraldry of the World: Moos in Passeier
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Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 99.52% of the population speak German, 0.42% Italian and 0.05% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

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Homepage of the municipality
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