Altrei (; it, Anterivo ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province , image_skyline = ...

in northern

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Geography

Altrei is the only South Tyrolean municipality in the

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of the

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, located about south of

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...

half-way to the city of

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ce ...

. The surrounding communities of

Capriana Capriana (''Caoriana'' in local dialect) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. Capriana borders the following municipalities: Montan, Tru ...

, Carano, Castello-Molina di Fiemme, and

Valfloriana Valfloriana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 538 and an area of .All demographics and other ...

in the north, south and east all belong to the

Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...

province, except for Truden in the northwest. In the southeast, the Altrei municipal area stretches down to the

Avisio The Avisio is an Italian stream (a '' torrente''), a left tributary of the Adige, whose course is in Trentino. It rises from Marmolada and runs through the Fascia Valley, the Fiemme Valley and the Cembra Valley before joining the Adige in the ...

valley. Large parts belong to the

Trudner Horn Nature Park The Trudner Horn Nature Park ( it, Parco naturale Monte Corno) is a nature reserve south of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. Flora The Trudner Horn Nature Park is home to many variety of rare plant, like are species of pasque flower ''Pulsatilla ...

. As of 30 November 2010, Altrei had a population of 384 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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Frazioni

The municipality of Altrei contains the ''

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'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Eben (Pramarino) and Guggal.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 87.80% of the population speak

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, 12.20%

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as first language.

Demographic evolution

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History

''Antereu'' was first mentioned in a 1321 deed issued by Count Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol, who had the area settled by German peasants. It was part of Henry's successful attempts to encounter the feudal sovereignty of the prince-bishops of

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in the Fiemme Valley. The remote area remained a Tyrolean possession until in 1779 the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa exchanged it for nearby Tramin in the

Etschtal The Etschtal, it, Val d'Adige or Valle dell'Adige, italic=no, is the name given to that part of alpine valley of the Adige in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, which stretches from Merano to Bolzano and from Salorno to Rovereto. South of Rovereto, ...

. After the 1803

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, all Fiemme Valley estates were incorporated into the

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crown land of Tyrol. During the Fascist regime, Altrei from 1926 was part of the larger Capriana municipality within the Trentino province; it was again affiliated with South Tyrol according to the First Autonomy Statute of 1948.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents the ten farms built in 1321 that formed the core of Altrei. The shield is party per fess countchanged, each part is divided into five vertical, the colors are sable and

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alternate. The emblem was adopted in 1968.

References

External links

Municipal website
{{Authority control Municipalities of South Tyrol Articles which contain graphical timelines