Puster Valley

Puster Valley
District
Comunità comprensoriale Val Pusteria
Bezirksgemeinschaft Pustertal
Puster Valley (highlighted in green) within South Tyrol
Puster Valley (highlighted in green) within South Tyrol
Country Italy
Autonomous region Trentino-Alto Adige
Autonomous province South Tyrol
Established1969
Administrative seatBruneck (Brunico)
Area
 • Total
2,072 km2 (800 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
76,149
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Websitewww.bezirksgemeinschaftpustertal.it

The Puster Valley[1][2] (Italian: Val Pusteria [ˈval pusteˈriːa]; German: Pustertal, Ladin: Val de Puster) is one of the largest longitudinal valleys in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria, and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The South Tyrolean municipalities of the Puster Valley constitute the Puster Valley district.

  1. ^ Pignatti, Erika, & Sandro Pignatti. 2014. Plant Life of the Dolomites: Vegetation Structure and Ecology. Heidelberg: Springer, p. 612.
  2. ^ Russ, Charles. 1990. The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic Survey. London: Routledge, p. 480.