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![]() TheLadin-speaking valleys ofVal di Fassa,Val Gardena,Val Badia,Livinallongo andAmpezzo and their locations in northern Italy | |
Total population | |
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≈31,000 (2011, est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Ladinia | |
Languages | |
Ladin,Austrian German (South Tyrolean dialect),Italian (Eastern Lombard,Venetian) | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Friulians,Romansh |
TheLadins (Italian:Ladini;Austrian German:Ladiner) are an ethnolinguistic group[1][2] of northernItaly. They are distributed in several valleys, collectively known asLadinia. These include the valleys: ofBadia andGherdëina inSouth Tyrol, ofFassa in theTrentino, andLivinallongo (also known as Buchenstein or Fodom) andAmpezzo in theProvince of Belluno.[3] Their native language isLadin, aRhaeto-Romance language related to theSwissRomansh andFriulian languages.[4] They are part ofTyrol, with which they share culture, history, traditions, environment and architecture.
Ladins developed a formal national identity in the 19th century.[3][5]Micurà de Rü undertook the first attempt to develop a written form of the Ladin language. Nowadays, Ladin culture is promoted by the government-sponsored cultural instituteIstitut Ladin Micurà de Rü in the South Tyrolean municipality ofSan Martin de Tor. There is also a Ladin museum in the same municipality. The Ladins of Trentino and Belluno have their own cultural institutes:Majon de Fascegn inVigo di Fassa,Cesa de Jan inColle Santa Lucia andIstituto Ladin de la Dolomites inBorca di Cadore.
The Ladin people constitute only 4.53% of the population of South Tyrol.[6] Many of theSouth Tyrolean Sagas come from the Ladin territory, including thenational epic of the Ladin people, the saga of theKingdom of Fanes. Another figure from Ladin mythology is the demonAnguana.
Ladin Name | Italian Name | German Name | Province | Area (km2) | Population |
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Anpezo | Cortina d’Ampezzo | Hayden | Belluno | 255 | 6,150 |
Urtijëi | Ortisei | St. Ulrich in Gröden | South Tyrol | 24 | 4,569 |
Badia | Badia | Abtei | 82 | 3,237 | |
Mareo | Marebbe | Enneberg | 161 | 2,684 | |
Moéna | Moena | Moena | Trentino | 82 | 2,628 |
Sëlva | Selva di Val Gardena | Wolkenstein in Gröden | South Tyrol | 53 | 2,589 |
Poza | Pozza di Fassa | Potzach im Fassatal | Trentino | 73 | 1,983 |
Cianacei | Canazei | Kanzenei | 67 | 1,844 | |
Santa Cristina Gherdëina | Santa Cristina Valgardena | St. Christina in Gröden | South Tyrol | 31 | 1,840 |
San Martin de Tor | San Martino in Badia | St. Martin in Thurn | 76 | 1,727 | |
Fodom | Livinallongo del Col di Lana | Buchenstein | Belluno | 99 | 1,436 |
Corvara | Corvara | Kurfar | South Tyrol | 42 | 1,266 |
La Val | La Valle | Wengen | 39 | 1,251 | |
Låg | Laghetti | Laag | 23 | 1,284 | |
Vich | Vigo di Fassa | Vig im Fassatal | Trentino | 26 | 1,142 |
Ciampedèl | Campitello di Fassa | Kampidel im Fassatal | 25 | 732 | |
Sorèga | Soraga | Überwasser | 19 | 677 | |
Mazin | Mazzin | Mazzin | 23 | 440 | |
Col | Colle Santa Lucia | Verseil | Belluno | 15 | 418 |