Prettau (; ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano at the border with Austria.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 571 and an area of . It is the northernmost comune of Italy.
Prettau borders the following municipalities: Brandberg (Austria), Sand in Taufers, Krimml (Austria), Prägraten am Großvenediger (Austria), Sankt Jakob in Defereggen (Austria), and Ahrntal.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 97.33% of the population speak German and 2.67% Italian as first language.
Demographic evolution
Bibliography
Stefan Steinhauser, Eduard Tasser: Prettau – Bilder, Fakten, Geschichten. Prettau 2008 Download (25 MB)