Salten-Schlern

Salten-Schlern

Salten-Schlern

District in Italy

Salten-Schlern (Italian: Salto-Sciliar [ˈsalto ʃʃiˈljar], German: Salten-Schlern) is a district (Italian: comprensorio; German: Bezirksgemeinschaft) in South Tyrol, Italy. It comprises the lower part of the valley of the Eisack River, from Waidbruck to Bolzano. It is named after the Salten plateau and the mountain Schlern. The seat of the district is in Bolzano, itself not part of the district.

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According to the 2001 census, 77.15% of the population of the district speak German, 18.82% Ladin and 4.03% Italian as mother language.[1]

The following municipalities are part of the Salten-Schlern district:

The capital, Bolzano, is administratively separated from the district.

References

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

46.6°N 11.5°E / 46.6; 11.5
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