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District in Italy
Wipp Valley
District
Comunità comprensoriale Alta Valle Isarco
Bezirksgemeinschaft Wipptal
Wipptal district (highlighted in green) within South TyrolWipptal district (highlighted in green) within South Tyrol
Country Italy
Autonomous region Trentino-Alto Adige
Autonomous province South Tyrol
Established1980
Administrative seatSterzing (Vipiteno)
Area
 • Total650 km (250 sq mi)
Population
 • Total19,279
 • Density30/km (77/sq mi)
Websitewww.wipptal.org

Wipp Valley (Italian: Alta Vall'Isarco [ˈalta ˌvalliˈzarko]; German: Wipptal) is a district (Italian: comprensorio, German: Bezirksgemeinschaft) in the northern part of the Italian province of South Tyrol. It comprises the South Tyrolean part of the larger geographically defined Wipptal, stretching from Brenner Pass in the north down the upper Eisack (Isarco) river to Franzensfeste in the south. It was separated from neighbouring Eisacktal district in 1980.

Overview

According to the 2001 census, 85.31% of the population of the valley speak German, 14.32% Italian and 0.37% Ladin as mother language.

Municipalities of the Wipptal district

The following six municipalities are part of the district of the Wipp Valley:

  1. Brenner
  2. Freienfeld
  3. Franzensfeste
  4. Ratschings
  5. Pfitsch
  6. Sterzing (district capital)

References

  1. Bevölkerung und soziales Leben, Statistisches Jahrbuch 2006, p. 120, tab. 3.19

External links

Media related to Wipptal (district) at Wikimedia Commons

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol · Districts of South Tyrol
Coat of arms of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Coat of arms of South Tyrol

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