{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Graun im Vinschgau | official_name = Gemeinde Graun im Vinschgau<br>Comune di Curon Venosta | native_name = {{lang|rm|La Carun}} | image_skyline = Curon Venosta dalla Chiesa di Sant'Anna 01.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Graun im Vinschgau | image_shield = ITA Curon Venosta COA.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|46|48|N|10|32|E|type:city(2,397)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]] | province = [[South Tyrol]] (BZ) | frazioni = Langtaufers (Vallelunga), Reschen (Resia), St. Valentin (San Valentino alla Muta) | mayor_party = | mayor = Franz Alfred Prieth | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 210.5 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2447 | population_as_of = January 2011 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = German: Grauner<br>Italian: curonesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1520 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 39020 | area_code = 0473 | website = {{official website|https://www.gemeinde.graun.bz.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Graun im Vinschgau''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡraʊn ɪm ˈfɪnʃɡaʊ}}; {{langx|it|Curon Venosta}} {{IPA|it|kuˈroɱ veˈnɔsta|}}; {{langx|rm|La Carun}}) is a ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) and a village in [[South Tyrol]] in northern [[Italy]], located about {{convert|70|km|mi}} northwest of [[Bolzano]], on the border with [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]].
==Geography== {{stack|[[File:Drowned Village Curon Venosta with Graveyard in.JPG|thumb|[[Reschensee]] with bell tower of the submerged old town; in foreground, new graveyard to which burials were relocated]]}} As of 1 January 2011, it had a registered population of 2,447 and an area of {{convert|210.5|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]].</ref>
The municipality contains the subdivisions Langtaufers (Vallelunga), Reschen (Resia), Rojen (Roja) and St. Valentin auf der Haide (San Valentino alla Muta).
Adjacent municipalities: [[Mals]], [[Kaunertal]] (Austria), [[Nauders]] (Austria), [[Pfunds]] (Austria), [[Sölden]] (Austria), [[Ramosch]] (Switzerland), [[Sent, Switzerland|Sent]] (Switzerland), and [[Tschlin]] (Switzerland).
The village of Graun borders the [[Reschensee]], which was massively deepened and extended when the valley was dammed in order to produce [[Hydroelectricity|hydro-electricity]]. The original village was flooded after the dam's completion in July 1950; it had been abandoned and largely demolished, and Graun was rebuilt on the new shore. As the lone exception, the bell-tower of the 14th-century church was spared from destruction. The tower protrudes above the surface close to the shoreline and has become a landmark; it is the centrepiece of the commune's [[coat of arms]]. When water levels fall in the spring, particularly when repairs are made, the ruins of the old village are exposed.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57156312 "Lost village emerges from Italian lake"], BBC News, 18 May 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.tageszeitung.it/2021/05/20/verwunderung-in-graun/ "Verwunderung in Graun"], ''Die Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung'', 20 May 2021 {{In lang|de}}.</ref>
===Climate=== {{Weather box |location = Melag (Langtaufers): 1915m (1990−2021 normals) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 12.0 |Feb record high C = 14.0 |Mar record high C = 14.0 |Apr record high C = 18.0 |May record high C = 23.9 |Jun record high C = 26.0 |Jul record high C = 27.1 |Aug record high C = 28.0 |Sep record high C = 24.0 |Oct record high C = 21.1 |Nov record high C = 15.2 |Dec record high C = 9.0 |year record high C =
|Jan high C = -0.7 |Feb high C = 1.2 |Mar high C = 4.0 |Apr high C = 6.7 |May high C = 11.5 |Jun high C = 15.8 |Jul high C = 18.0 |Aug high C = 17.7 |Sep high C = 13.5 |Oct high C = 9.3 |Nov high C = 3.2 |Dec high C = -1.1 |year high C =
|Jan mean C = -5.7 |Feb mean C = -4.8 |Mar mean C = -1.9 |Apr mean C = 1.3 |May mean C = 5.8 |Jun mean C = 9.5 |Jul mean C = 11.5 |Aug mean C = 11.3 |Sep mean C = 7.7 |Oct mean C = 4.1 |Nov mean C = -1.3 |Dec mean C = -5.3 |year mean C =
|Jan low C = -10.8 |Feb low C = -10.8 |Mar low C = -7.8 |Apr low C = -4.2 |May low C = 0.2 |Jun low C = 3.3 |Jul low C = 5.0 |Aug low C = 5.0 |Sep low C = 1.9 |Oct low C = -1.2 |Nov low C = -5.8 |Dec low C = -9.5 |year low C =
|Jan record low C = -23.6 |Feb record low C = -29.2 |Mar record low C = -24.0 |Apr record low C = -18.0 |May record low C = -12.4 |Jun record low C = -5.2 |Jul record low C = -0.7 |Aug record low C = -2.5 |Sep record low C = -7.7 |Oct record low C = -14.7 |Nov record low C = -19.6 |Dec record low C = -23.0 |year record low C =
|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 43.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 37.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 42.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 38.1 |May precipitation mm = 66.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 103.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 107.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 113.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 67.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 63.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 57.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 47.5 |year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Landeswetterdienst Südtirol<ref name=tempnormals> {{cite web | url = https://www.provinz.bz.it/wetter/download/01100MS----Melag----Melago-multiannual-LT-monthly-temperature-1990-2021.pdf | title = Monatswerte Temperaturen 1990-2021 | publisher = Landeswetterdienst Südtirol | language = de | access-date = March 5, 2024}}</ref><ref name=ZAMGnormals> {{cite web | url = https://www.provinz.bz.it/wetter/download/01100MS----Melag----Melago-multiannual-N-monthly-precipitation-1925-2020.pdf | title = Monatswerte Niederschläge 1990-2021 | publisher = Landeswetterdienst Südtirol | language = de | access-date = March 5, 2024}}</ref> }}
==History== {{stack|[[File:The old town of Graum im Vinschgau.jpg|thumb|View of the old town before its demolition]]}} In 15 BC the Celtic people then living in the upper [[Vinschgau]] valley found themselves incorporated into the [[Roman Empire]] following the construction of a commercial and military route crossing the [[Alps]] via what is now known as the [[Reschen Pass]], the route then being called the "[[Via Claudia Augusta]]". [[File:Campanile di Curon Venosta.jpg | thumb | right]] The transalpine route retained its importance through the medieval period, being variously called the "Upper Way" (''Oberer Weg'' / ''Via Superiore'') or the "Swabia Road" (''Schwabenweg'' / ''Via di Svevia''). [[File:View of Graum im Vinschgau (Curon Venosta).jpg|thumb|View of the town in 2024]] After 450, a wave of Christian missionaries arrived from [[Chur]]. By the time of the [[Black death]] (1348), from which most of the population of the time died, most of the Vinschgau Valley, including Graun, had been settled by German speakers; the exception being the side valley of [[Val Müstair|Müstair]], where the [[Romansh language]] survives to this day. German has remained the majority language in Graun since and as of 2011 German was the first language for more than 97% of its population.
===Coat-of-arms=== The escutcheon is [[division of the field|party per fess]], [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] on the bottom and [[argent]] on the upper part, separated by a thin [[Vert (heraldry)|vert]] stripe. At the center is shown a gray bell tower, with three windows and an azure point, representing the church bell tower still visible in the lake after the construction of the dam. The emblem was granted in 1967.<ref>[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/g/graun.htm Heraldry of the World: Graun im Vinschgau]</ref>
==Society== ===Linguistic distribution=== According to the 2024 census, 97.35% of the population speak [[German language|German]], 2.60% Italian and 0.04% [[Ladin language|Ladin]] 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>
===Demographic evolution=== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |graph-pos=bottom |1860|? |1870|? |1880|2269 |1900|? |1910|2154 |1921|2342 |1931|2350 |1936|2372 |1951|2125 |1961|2187 |1971|2258 |1981|2361 |1991|2331 |2001|2379 |2011|2447 | source=Data from ISTAT }}
==Transportation== The municipality is served by public bus. Destinations include Mals to the south; and Nauders, Austria; and [[Martina, Switzerland]], to the north.
== In popular culture == The supernatural drama television series ''[[Curon]]'' was primarily shot in the town and the surrounding locations.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Graun im Vinschgau}} *{{in lang|de|it}} [https://www.gemeinde.graun.bz.it Homepage of the municipality]
{{South Tyrol}} {{Authority control}}
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