Country Italy Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website Official website Local time Tuesday 5:37 PM Province South Tyrol | Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ) Dialing code 0473 Area 4 km² Postal code 39025 Dialling code 0473 | |
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Demonym(s) German: Plauser
Italian: plausini Weather 13°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 69% Humidity Region Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol | ||
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Plaus ([ˈplaus]; [plaʊ̯s]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of the city of Bolzano.
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- Marcha 9 plaus
- Map of 39025 Plaus Province of Bolzano South Tyrol Italy
- Wandern s dtirol naturns rittersteig nach plaus
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Linguistic distribution
- References
Map of 39025 Plaus, Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy
Wandern s dtirol naturns rittersteig nach plaus
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 683 and an area of 187.0 square kilometres (72.2 sq mi).
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.
Plaus borders the following municipalities: Algund, Naturns and Partschins.
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.
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 97.58% of the population speak German and 2.42% Italian as their first language.