Margreid | |
Official Name: | Gemeinde Margreid an der Weinstraße Comune di Magrè sulla Strada del Vino |
Coordinates: | 46.2833°N 24°W |
Region: | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
Province: | South Tyrol (BZ) |
Frazioni: | Unterfennberg (Favogna di Sotto) |
Mayor: | Andreas Bonell |
Area Total Km2: | 13.9 |
Population Total: | 1302 |
Population As Of: | November 2010[1] |
Population Demonym: | German: Margreider Italian: Magresi |
Elevation M: | 241 |
Postal Code: | 39040 |
Area Code: | 0471 |
Margreid an der Weinstraße (pronounced as /de/; Italian: Magrè sulla Strada del Vino pronounced as /it/), often abbreviated to Margreid or Magrè, is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25km (16miles) southwest of the city of Bolzano.
Margreid borders the following municipalities: Kurtatsch, Kurtinig, Neumarkt, Roverè della Luna and Salorno.
The emblem is party per fess, of gules and sable, with an or horn. It is the arms of the family Ob der Platten who lived in the village until 1511. The emblem, which was adopted in 1968, appeared as a seal in 1780.[2]
According to the 2011 census, 84.33% of the population speak German, 15.22% Italian and 0.45% Ladin as first language.[3]