Prags


Prags 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 657 and an area of.
Prags is located in the Prags valley in the northern Dolomites. The valley is split into two branches, the western one ending at the Pragser Wildsee, a mountain lake, the eastern one at the Plätzwiese, an extended alpine pasture.
Prags borders the following municipalities: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Toblach, Mareo, Welsberg-Taisten, Olang, and Niederdorf.

Frazioni

The municipality of Prags contains the frazioni Außerprags, Innerprags, Schmieden and St. Veit.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a stag on a mountain with three vert peaks, crossed by a wavy stream of argent. The emblem was granted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 99.23% of the population speak German, 0.61% Italian and 0.15% Ladin as first language.della popolazione 2011">
Language199120012011
German97.47%96.89%99.23%
Italian2.02%2.79%0.61%
Ladin0.51%0.33%0.15%

Demographic evolution


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