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Mals
Malles Venosta
Gemeinde Mals
Comune di Malles Venosta
Location of Mals
Map
CountryItaly
RegionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceBozen-Bolzano (BZ)
FrazioniBurgeis (Burgusio), Laatsch (Laudes), Matsch (Mazia), Planeil (Planol), Plawenn (Piavenna), Schleis (Clusio), Schlinig (Slingia), Tartsch (Tarces), Ulten-Alsack (Alsago-Ultimo)
Government
 • MayorUlrich Veith
Area
 • Total
246.7 km2 (95.3 sq mi)
Elevation
1,051 m (3,448 ft)
Population
 (Dec. 2004)[2]
 • Total
4,950
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Demonym(s)German:Malser
Italian: mallesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39024
Dialing code0473
WebsiteOfficial website
Church of Tartsch, in Mals

Mals (Template:Lang-it; Template:Lang-de) is a comune (municipality) of South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 80 km northwest of Trento and about 70 km northwest of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland and Austria.

As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,950 and an area of 246.7 km².[3] According to the 2001 census, 96.83% of the population speak German, 3.08% Italian and 0.09% Ladin as first language.[4]

The municipality of Mals contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Burgeis (Burgusio), Laatsch (Laudes), Matsch (Mazia), Planeil (Planol), Plawenn (Piavenna), Schleis (Clusio), Schlinig (Slingia), Tartsch (Tarces), and Ulten-Alsack (Alsago-Ultimo).

Mals borders the following municipalities: Graun im Vinschgau, Glurns, Laas, Scuol (Switzerland), Schnals, Sent (Switzerland), Schlanders, Schluderns, Sölden (Austria), and Taufers im Münstertal.

Demographic evolution

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10