Corvara in Badia ( it, Corvara in Badia ; german: italic=yes, Corvara or ''Kurfar'') is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in

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

in northern

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, located about east 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 ...

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Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,340 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Corvara in Badia borders the following municipalities: Badia,

Canazei Canazei (Ladin: ''Cianacéi'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the upper part of the Val di Fassa, about northeast of Trento. Its name derives from the Lati ...

Livinallongo del Col di Lana Livinallongo del Col di Lana (; lld, Fodóm; german: Buchenstein) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northwest of Belluno. Ninety percent of th ...

, San Martin de Tor, and

Sëlva Sëlva (; it, Selva di Val Gardena ; german: Wolkenstein in Gröden ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Val Gardena in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about east of the city of Bolzano. The Ladin place name derives from the Latin word ...

. Corvara in Badia is the main center of

Alta Badia Alta Badia is a ski resort in the Dolomites of northern Italy, in the upper part of the Val Badia (german: Hochabtei) in South Tyrol. It is part of the Dolomiti Superski ski area. It is included in the territories of the municipalities of Corv ...

, a prestigious tourist area located at the top end of the

Val Badia The Val Badia ( en, Badia Valley, Ladin: ''Val Badia''; it, Val Badia; german: Gadertal) is the valley of the Gran Ega river in South Tyrol, Italy. It stretches from the Sella massif northwards to the Puster Valley. The villages in the Val Badia ...

, surrounded by the peaks of the Dolomites mountains. Because of its geographic position in the heart of the Dolomites, Alta Badia gradually transformed itself into an avantgarde tourist area keeping intact its alpine character.

Frazioni

The municipality of Corvara in Badia contains the ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

Calfosch Calfosch ( Ladin: ''Calfosch'', german: Kolfuschg, it, Colfosco ) is a mountain village in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It is the highest village with permanent residents in the Val Badia at AMSL, and a ''frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) i ...

(Italian: ''Colfosco'', German: ''Kolfuschg'') and Pescosta.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents three

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mountains, dominated by three

gules In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...

peaks with the inclined top on an

argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to ...

background. The three peaks represent the ''Sassongher'' mountain overlooking the village. The emblem was granted in 1969.

Society

Demographic evolution

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Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 89.70% of the population speak

Ladin Ladin may refer to: *Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language *Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy See also *Laden (disambiguation) *Ladino (disambiguati ...

, 6.84% Italian and 3.46% German as first language. Location of Corvara (Italy)

Sport

Maratona dles Dolomites

The finish of the annual single-day seven mountain passes crossing

Maratona dles Dolomites The Maratona dles Dolomites ( Ladin for "Dolomites Marathon"; it, Maratona delle Dolomiti), is an annual single-day road bicycle race covering seven mountain passes in the Dolomites. Open to amateur cyclists, the Maratona—with 9,000 riders ...

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is in Corvara.

References

External links

Alta Badia Touristic Information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Corvara (Bz) Municipalities of South Tyrol