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Gsies

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

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Gsies (German: [ˈɡsiːəs]; Italian: Valle di Casies [ˈvalle di kaˈziːes]) is a valley and comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. Gsies held the FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 1994.

01Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,256 and an area of 108.7 square kilometres (42.0 mi²).

Gsies borders the following municipalities: Toblach, Innervillgraten (Austria), Welsberg-Taisten, Rasen-Antholz, Sankt Jakob in Defereggen (Austria), and Niederdorf.

Frazioni

The municipality of Gsies contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außerpichl (Colle di Fuori), Innerpichl (Colle di Dentro), St Magdalena-Niedertal (Santa Maddalena Valbassa), St Magdalena-Obertal (Santa Maddalena Vallalta), St Martin-Niedertal (San Martino Valbassa), St Martin-Obertal (San Martino Vallalta), Oberplanken (Planca di Sopra) and Unterplanken (Planca di Sotto).

02History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents two sable scrapers placed per fess on or. It is the arms of the Knights of Gsies known from 13th century and extinct in 1429. The emblem was granted in 1968.

03Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 98.11% of the population speak German, 1.80% Italian and 0.09% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1861	?	,
1871	?	,
1881	?	,
1901	?	,
1911	?	,

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,319	,
1931	1,360	+3.1%
1936	1,411	+3.8%
1951	1,561	+10.6%
1961	1,732	+11.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	1,819	+5.0%
1981	1,932	+6.2%
1991	2,008	+3.9%
2001	2,098	+4.5%

Source: Data from ISTAT

04Sports

Gsieser-Tal-Lauf, cross-country skiing race in the Gsiesertal in South Tyrol, Italy

Watch videos about GsiesExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

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