Districts of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

The Districts of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol are a subdivision of the two Italian autonomous provinces of Trento (Trentino) and Bolzano (South Tyrol). They were established by a decree of the President of Italy (Nr. 987) on 10 June 1955.

In South Tyrol their name is Comunità comprensoriale or Comprensorio (in Italian), Bezirksgemeinschaft (in German), Cumunità raion or Comunitè comprensoriala (in Ladin). In Trentino is Comunità di valle[1] (in Italian) and Talgemeinschaft[2] (in German).

South Tyrol

South Tyrol is composed by 8 Comprensori/Bezirksgemeinschaften. One of them, Bolzano, is urban and composed only by the city. The city is also the seat of Salten-Schlern, but not part of its territory.[3]

Map of South Tyrol with its eight districts.
# Name Municipalities Area (km²) Inhabitants[4] Capital Map
1 Bozen
(Bolzano)		 1 52 103,135 Bozen
(Bolzano)
2 Burggrafenamt
(Burgraviato)		 26 1,101 97,315 Meran
(Merano)
3 Pustertal
(Val Pusteria)		 26 2,071 79,086 Bruneck
(Brunico)
4 Überetsch-Unterland
(Oltradige-Bassa Atesina)		 18 424 71,435 Neumarkt
(Egna)
5 Eisacktal
(Valle Isarco)		 13 624 49,840 Brixen
(Bressanone)
6 Salten-Schlern
(Salto-Sciliar)		 13 1,037 48,020 Bozen
(Bolzano)
7 Vinschgau
(Val Venosta)		 13 1,442 19,124 Schlanders
(Silandro)
8 Wipptal
(Alta Valle Isarco)		 6 650 18,220 Sterzing
(Vipiteno)

Trentino

Until 16 June 2006, Trentino was divided into 11 Comprensori/Bezirksgemeinschaften, abolished with a provincial law[5] and substituted by 16 valley communities. One of them, Val d'Adige, is a territory composed by Trento and other 3 municipalities, without a capital.[6]

Map of Trentino with its 16 new districts, established in 2006
Map of Trentino with its 11 districts, abolished in 2006
# Name Municipalities Area (km²) Inhabitants Capital Map
1 Comunità territoriale della Val di Fiemme 11 415 18,567 Cavalese
2 Comunità di Primiero 8 413 9,836 Tonadico
3 Comunità Valsugana e Tesino 21 578.88 25,694 Borgo Valsugana
4 Comunità Alta Valsugana e Bersntol 18 360.04 45,228 Pergine Valsugana
5 Comunità della Valle di Cembra 11 135 10,854 Faver
6 Comunità della Val di Non 38 596 37,143 Cles
7 Comunità della Valle di Sole 14 609.36 15,020 Malè
8 Comunità delle Giudicarie 39 1,176.51 35,647 Tione di Trento
9 Comunità Alto Garda e Ledro 7 353.33 42,955 Riva del Garda
10 Comunità della Vallagarina 17 694 78,482 Rovereto
11 Comun General de Fascia 7 318 9,195 Pozza di Fassa
12 Magnifica Comunità degli Altipiani Cimbri 3 106.17 4,442 Lavarone
13 Comunità Rotaliana-Königsberg 8 94.62 25,953 Mezzocorona
14 Comunità della Paganella 5 97.3 4,731 Andalo
15 Val d'Adige territory 4 188.97 110,061 none
16 Comunità della Valle dei Laghi 6 139.65 9,349 Vezzano

The older 11 district were: Val di Fiemme, Primiero, Bassa Valsugana e Tesino, Alta Valsugana, Val d'Adige, Val di Non, Val di Sole, Giudicarie, Alto Garda e Ledro, Vallagarina, Ladino di Fassa.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Comunità di valle" article on it.wiki
  2. ↑ "Talgemeinschaft" article on de.wiki
  3. ↑ (German) Infos about the districts of South Tyrol
  4. ↑ South Tyrol in figures
  5. ↑ (Italian) Provincial Law of 16-6-2006
  6. ↑ (Italian) Infos about the districts of Trentino

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