Plaus Explained

Plaus (pronounced as /it/; pronounced as /de/) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30km (20miles) north-west of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of July 2023, the municipality had a population of 762 and an area of 187km2.^{[1] [2]}

Plaus is one of the three municipalities of South Tyrol whose name remained unchanged by the early 20th century renaming programme which aimed at replacing mostly German place names with Italianised versions, the other two being Gais and Lana.^[3]

Plaus borders the following municipalities: Algund, Naturns and Partschins.

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is argent a fess gules and three sable eagles. It is the arms of the Lord of Tarant, who lived in the Tarantsberg Castle until 1291. The emblem was adopted in 1966.^[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.58% of the population speak German and 2.42% Italian as their first language.^[5]

Demographic evolution

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External links

• Official Website of the municipality of Plaus (in German and Italian)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bilancio demografico mensile . 2023-10-23 . demo.istat.it.
2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
3. Olt. Reinhard. Am Eisack (Isarco) und an der Etsch (Adige) Namen in Südtirol wecken nationale Leidenschaften. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 28 September 2000.
4. http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/p/plaus.htm Heraldry of the World: Plaus
5. June 2012 . Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011 . astat info . 38 . 6–7 . Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. 2012-06-14 .