Corvara, South Tyrol

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Corvara in Badia | official_name = Comun de Corvara in Badia<br>Comune di Corvara in Badia<br>Gemeinde Corvara | native_name = | image_skyline = Corvara 01.jpg | image_caption = Corvara in July 2007 with Mount Sassongher in the background | image_shield = Corvara in Badia-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|46|33|N|11|52|E|type:city(1,267)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]] | province = [[South Tyrol]] (BZ) | frazioni = [[Calfosch]] (Colfosco, Kolfuschg), Pescosta | mayor_party = | mayor = Roman Crazzolara | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 42.2 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1340 | population_as_of = Nov. 2010 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Italian: corvaresi or badiotti | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1568 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 39033 | area_code = 0471 | website = {{Official website|http://www.corvara.eu/system/web/default.aspx}} | footnotes = }}

'''Corvara in Badia''' ({{langx|it|Corvara in Badia}} {{IPA|it|korˈvaːra im ˈbadiːa|}}; {{langx|de|italic=yes|Corvara}} or ''Kurfar'') is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) and a village in [[South Tyrol]] in northern [[Italy]], located about {{convert|40|km|mi}} east of [[Bolzano]].

==Geography== {{stack| [[File:Sorà y Zecca da Ruatsch a Calfosch da pert de mesdi.jpg|thumb|Alpine farmhouse "Sorà" on the left and "Zecca da Ruatscht"]] [[File:Location of Corvara (Italy).png|thumb|Location in South Tyrol]] }} As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,340 and an area of {{convert|42.2|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]].</ref>

Corvara in Badia borders the following municipalities: [[Badia, South Tyrol|Badia]], [[Canazei]], [[Livinallongo del Col di Lana]], [[San Martin de Tor]], and [[Sëlva]].

Corvara in Badia is the main center of [[Alta Badia]], a prestigious tourist area located at the top end of the [[Val Badia]], surrounded by the Dolomites mountains.

==Tourism== Because of its geographic position, Alta Badia gradually transformed itself into an avantgarde tourist area keeping intact its alpine character.{{cn|date=September 2023}} According to Michil Costa, owner of the La Perla luxury hotel in Corvara,<ref>{{Cite web |last=ISSIMO |date=2020-12-11 |title=At Home in Corvara with Michil Costa |url=https://issimoissimo.com/coltissimo/at-home-in-corvara-with-michil-costa/ |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=Issimo |language=en-US}}</ref> interviewed in 2023 for a TV documentary on [[overtourism]] in the Alps, the area has too many tourists.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-11 |title=Kritisch Reisen: Alptraum Alpen? |language=de |url=https://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/die-story/sendungen/kritisch-reisen-alptraum-alpen-100.html |access-date=2023-09-19}}</ref>

===Frazioni=== The municipality contains the ''[[frazione|frazioni]]'' [[Calfosch]] (Italian: ''Colfosco'', German: ''Kolfuschg'') and Pescosta.

==History== ===Coat of arms=== The emblem represents three [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]] mountains, dominated by three [[gules]] peaks with the inclined top on an [[argent]] background. The three peaks represent the ''Sassongher'' mountain overlooking the village. The emblem was granted in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/k/kurfar.htm |title=Heraldry of the World: Corvara |access-date=2011-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801085130/http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/k/kurfar.htm |archive-date=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Society== ===Demographic evolution=== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |graph-pos=bottom |1861|? |1871|? |1881|? |1901|? |1911|? |1921|436 |1931|420 |1936|477 |1951|577 |1961|682 |1971|951 |1981|1183 |1991|1236 |2001|1266 | source=Data from ISTAT }}

===Linguistic distribution=== According to the 2024 census, 87.12% of the population speak [[Ladin language|Ladin]], 10.23% Italian and 2.65% German as first language.<ref name="Volkszählung 2024/Censimento della popolazione 2024">{{cite journal |date=December 2024 |title=Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024 |journal=astat info |issue=56 |publisher=Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol|url=https://astat.provinz.bz.it/de/aktuelles-publikationen-info.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=1160209 |access-date=2024-12-09 }}</ref>

==Sport== [[File:Maratona dles Dolomites - Finish.jpg|thumb|upright|Maratona dles Dolomites finish in Corvara under the [[Sassongher]] Mountain]] ===Maratona dles Dolomites=== The finish of the annual single-day seven mountain passes crossing [[Maratona dles Dolomites]] [[bicycle race]] is in Corvara.

==See also== * [[Alta Badia]] * [[Dolomites]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100713121616/http://www.altabadia.org/de-DE/kontakt.html Alta Badia Touristic Information] *{{Commonscat-inline|Corvara, South Tyrol}}

[[Category:Municipalities of South Tyrol]]