Prags (; ; Ladin: ''Braies'') 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

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, located about northeast 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 ...

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 657 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. Prags is located in the

Prags valley Prags (; ; Ladin: ''Braies'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 657 and an area of .All demographics an ...

in the northern

Dolomites The Dolomites ( ), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Va ...

. The valley is split into two branches, the western one ending at the

Pragser Wildsee The Pragser Wildsee, or Lake Prags, Lake Braies (; ) is a natural lake in the Dolomites, Prags Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. It belongs to the municipality of Prags which is located in the Prags Valley. During World War II, it was the destina ...

, a mountain lake, the eastern one at the Plätzwiese, an extended alpine pasture. Prags borders the following municipalities:

Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; , ; historical ) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomites, Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the ...

Toblach Toblach (; ) is a ''comune''/''Gemeinde'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in Northern Italy, located in the Puster Valley about northeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had a population ...

Mareo Mareo ( ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,911 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian stat ...

Welsberg-Taisten Welsberg-Taisten (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano. Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 2,809 and an area of . Welsberg-Ta ...

Olang Olang (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano. There is no settlement named Olang. Geography As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 3,132 and an area of .All ...

, and Niederdorf.

Frazioni

The municipality of Prags 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) Außerprags (Braies di Fuori), Innerprags (Braies di Dentro), Schmieden (Ferrara) and St. Veit (San Vito).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a

stag A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) a ...

on a mountain with three

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peaks, crossed by a wavy stream of

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Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 96.75% of the population speak

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, 3.10%

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and 0.15% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

Homepage of the municipality
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