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Eisack Valley

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Also known as Valle Isarco, Eisacktal

Eisack Valley ( ; ) is a district (; ) in South Tyrol, Italy. It comprises the middle part of the valley of the Eisack, from Franzensfeste in the north to Waidbruck in the south.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Eisacktal
Settlement.official_name
Comunità comprensoriale Valle IsarcoBezirksgemeinschaft Eisacktal
Settlement.settlement_type
District
Settlement.image_map
Location of Eisacktal (Italy).png
Settlement.map_caption
Eisacktal (highlighted in green) within South Tyrol; the yellow-black stripes mark the geographical extent of the valley
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous region
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1968
Settlement.seat_type
Administrative seat
Settlement.seat
Brixen (Bressanone)
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
624
Settlement.population_total
47492
Settlement.population_as_of
2005
Settlement.population_density_km2
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Subdivision
  • References
  • External links

Eisack Valley ( ; ) is a district (; ) in South Tyrol, Italy. It comprises the middle part of the valley of the Eisack, from Franzensfeste in the north to Waidbruck in the south.

==Overview== thumb|left|View from Barbian to Klausen The valley of the Eisack river stretches from Brenner Pass southwards down to its confluence with the Adige near Bolzano. The upper valley north of Franzensfeste is known as Wipptal, while the lower parts belong to the Salten-Schlern administrative district. The valley is part of a major transport route across the eastern Alps, traversed by the Autostrada A22 (part of the European route E45) and the parallel Brenner Railway line.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eisack Valley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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