Mareo ( it, Marebbe ; german: Enneberg ) 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

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, located about northeast 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 ...

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,911 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Mareo borders the following municipalities: Badia,

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Bruneck Bruneck (; it, Brunico or Ladin: ''Bornech'' or ''Burnech''; la, Branecium or ''Brunopolis'' is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol. Geography Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps ...

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, La Val,

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, St. Lorenzen,

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and

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Frazioni

The municipality of Mareo 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 ...

'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Curt (Corte/Hof), Mantena, La Pli de Mareo, Pliscia (Plisa/Plaiken), Al Plan (San Vigilio/St. Vigil), Rina (Welschellen), and Longega (Zwischenwasser).

History

Coat of arms

The shield is

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: the first part represents the Tyrolean Eagle on

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 ...

; the second the insignia of

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. The third shows the head's dog of argent, with an or collar on

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 ...

, which represents the arms of the Lords of ''Ros'' that in thirteenth century had a castle in the village. The fourth arms is a

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hound with a gules bone in the jaws on argent; it’s the coat of ''Pracken'' family, one of the oldest families in

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, which had properties in the area. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 92.09% 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 ...

, 5.02% Italian and 2.89% German as first language.

Demographic evolution

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References

External links

*(Ladin)
Homepage of the municipality
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