Ratschings


Ratschings is a comune 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.
Ratschings borders the following municipalities: Brenner, Freienfeld, Moos in Passeier, St. Leonhard in Passeier, Sarntal, Sterzing, Neustift im Stubaital and Sölden.

Frazioni

The municipality of Ratschings contains the frazioni Außerratschings, Innerratschings, Gasteig, Mareit, Ridnaun, Telfes, and Jaufental.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem show a rampant argent wolf on azure. The arms is similar to that of Wolf von Mareit, but with the opposite colors. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.77% of the population speak German, 2.14% Italian and 0.10% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution


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