Mareo


Mareo is a comune 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.
Mareo borders the following municipalities: Badia, Prags, Bruneck, Cortina d'Ampezzo, La Val, Lüsen, St. Lorenzen, San Martin de Tor and Olang.

Frazioni

The municipality of Mareo contains the frazioni Curt, Mantena, La Pli de Mareo, Pliscia, Al Plan, Rina, and Longega.

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is parted quarterly: the first part represents the Tyrolean Eagle on argent; the second the insignia of Austria. The third shows the head's dog of argent, with an or collar on gules, which represents the arms of the Lords of Ros that in thirteenth century had a castle in the village. The fourth arms is a sable hound with a gules bone in the jaws on argent; it’s the coat of Pracken family, one of the oldest families in Tyrol, which had properties in the area. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 92.09% of the population speak Ladin, 5.02% Italian and 2.89% German as first language.

Demographic evolution


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