South Tyrol
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The province is granted a considerable level of self-government, consisting of a large range of exclusive legislative and executive powers and a fiscal regime that allows it to retain 90% of revenue, while remaining a net contributor to the national budget. As of 2023, South Tyrol is the wealthiest province in Italy and among the wealthiest in the European Union.
In the wider context of the European Union, the province is one of the three members of the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion, which corresponds almost exactly to the historical region of Tyrol. The other members are the Austrian federal state Tyrol to the north and east, and the Italian autonomous province of Trento to the south.
According to the 2011 census, 62.3% of the population used German as their first language (standard German in the written form and the South Tyrolean dialect of Austro-Bavarian in the spoken form); 23.4% of the population spoke Italian, mainly in and around the two largest cities (Bolzano, with an Italian-speaking majority, and Meran, with a slight German-speaking majority); 4.1% spoke Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language; 10.2% of the population (mainly recent immigrants) spoke another native language in addition to Italian and German. Of 116 South Tyrolean municipalities, 103 have a German-speaking, eight a Ladin-speaking, and five an Italian-speaking majority. The Italianization of South Tyrol and the settlement of Italians from the rest of Italy after 1918 significantly modified local demographics. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2006
Superior document: ASTAT-Schriftenreihe 123
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Published: 2006
Superior document: ASTAT-Schriftenreihe 131
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Published: 2006
Superior document: ASTAT-Schriftenreihe 129
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Published: 1995
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“...Landesstelle für Südtirol Innsbruck...”
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Published: 2003
Links: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Published: 1995
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Published: 1996
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Published: 1988
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Published: 1986-
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Published: 1991
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“...Südtirol Landesagentur für Umwelt und Arbeitsschutz...”
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“...Südtirol Landesamt für Statistik und Studien...”
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Published: 1991