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 and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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 (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 on a mountain with three vert peaks, crossed by a wavy stream of argent. The emblem was granted in 1968.Heraldry of the World: Prags
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 96.75% of the population speak German, 3.10% Italian and 0.15% Ladin as first language.
Language 1991 2001Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10 2011 2024 German 97.47% 96.89% 99.23% 96.75% Italian 2.02% 2.79% 0.61% 3.10% Ladin 0.51% 0.33% 0.15% 0.15%
Demographic evolution
References
External links
Homepage of the municipality