Gsies

Gsies
Gsies
Comune
	Gemeinde Gsies; Comune di Valle di Casies
	Gsies Valley
	Location of Gsies
	Gsies Location of Gsies in Italy Gsies Gsies (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°46′N 12°11′E / 46.767°N 12.183°E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Außerpichl (Colle di Fuori), Innerpichl (Colle di Dentro), St. Magdalena-Niedertal (Santa Maddalena Valbassa), St. Magdalena-Obertal (Santa Maddalena Vallalta), St. Martin-Niedertal (San Martino Valbassa), St. Martin-Obertal (San Martino Vallalta), Oberplanken (Planca di Sopra), Unterplanken (Planca di Sotto)
Government
• Mayor	Paul Schwingshackl
Area
• Total	108.7 km2 (42.0 sq mi)
Population (Nov. 2010)
• Total	2,256
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Gsieser; Italian: di Casies
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39035
Dialing code	0474
Website	Official website

Gsies (German: [ˈɡsiːəs]; Italian: Valle di Casies [ˈvalle di kaˈziːes]) is a valley and comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Gsies held the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1994.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,256 and an area of 108.7 square kilometres (42.0 sq mi).^[3]

Gsies borders the following municipalities: Toblach, Innervillgraten (Austria), Welsberg-Taisten, Rasen-Antholz, Sankt Jakob in Defereggen (Austria), and Niederdorf.

Frazioni

The municipality of Gsies contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außerpichl (Colle di Fuori), Innerpichl (Colle di Dentro), St. Magdalena-Niedertal (Santa Maddalena Valbassa), St. Magdalena-Obertal (Santa Maddalena Vallalta), St. Martin-Niedertal (San Martino Valbassa), St. Martin-Obertal (San Martino Vallalta), Oberplanken (Planca di Sopra) and Unterplanken (Planca di Sotto).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents two sable scrapers placed per fess on or. It is the arms of the Knights of Gsies known from 13th century and extinct in 1429. The emblem was granted in 1968.^[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.29% of the population speak German, 1.62% Italian and 0.09% Ladin as first language.^[5]

Demographic evolution

Sports

Gsieser-Tal-Lauf, cross-country skiing race in the Gsiesertal in South Tyrol, Italy

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Heraldry of the World: Gsies
^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

(in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality

Media related to Gsies at Wikimedia Commons

[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[istat-3] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[4] Heraldry of the World: Gsies

[5] "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

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