Vinschgau Valley
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The Vinschgau Valley (Italian: Val Venosta, German: Vinschgau, Ladin: Vnuost), or Venosta Valley, is the upper part of the Adige (German: Etsch; Ladin: Adesc) river valley, in the western part of the province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy.
The valley runs in a west-east orientation, between the Resia Pass and Merano (German: Meran; Ladin: Meran). Due to a rather warm climate and a lack of rain (400mm per year), the apple orchards there are irrigated. According to the 2001 census, 97% of the population of the valley speaks German as a first language, and 3% Italian.
Vinschgau (Venosta) Valley is also the name of a district (Italian: comprensorio, German: Bezirksgemeinschaft), in which the 13 municipalities of the cooperate. These municipalities are:
- Glurns (Glorenza)
- Graun im Vinschgau (Curon Venosta)
- Kastelbell-Tschars (Castelbello-Ciardes)
- Laas (Lasa)
- Latsch (Laces)
- Mals (Malles Venosta)
- Martell (Martello)
- Prad am Stilfser Joch (Prato allo Stelvio)
- Schlanders (Silandro, district capital)
- Schluderns (Sluderno)
- Schnals (Senales)
- Stilfs (Stelvio)
- Taufers im Münstertal (Tubre)