Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion

Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion
Location of Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino (dark green) in Central Europe
Type		Euroregion
Membership		Tyrol South Tyrol Trentino
Establishment		1996
Area
•	Total	26,254 km² 10,137 sq mi
Population
•	2011 estimate	1,755,186

The Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion (German: Europaregion Tirol-Südtirol-Trentino; Italian: Euregio Tirolo-Alto Adige-Trentino) is a Euroregion formed by three different regional authorities in Austria and Italy: the Austrian state of Tyrol (i.e. North and East Tyrol) and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino.

Overview

The boundaries of the association correspond to the former Princely County of Tyrol, a crown land of the Habsburg Monarchy (including the former Prince-bishoprics of Trent and Brixen) which for centuries shaped life in the Alpine region.^[1] Divided after World War I, the region retained much of its cultural integrity by its traditionally strong attachment to the land and a profound desire for self-government on both sides of the border. The long-standing cultural, social and economic ties, as much as the recognition of convergent interests based on its traditional role as transit country and its largely identical environmental conditions in the Eastern Alps, led to the creation of the Euroregion by the three provinces in 1998.

Linguistically, the population in Austrian Tyrol is German-speaking, while the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of the Trentino is Italian-speaking. In South Tyrol, approximately two-thirds speak German as mother tongue and one-quarter speak Italian.^[2] Overall, 62% of the Euroregion are German speakers and 37% Italian speakers. About 1% of the total population of the Euroregion speak Ladin as mother tongue, this group being mainly indigenous to South Tyrol, but also to the Trentino and Belluno.

Member regions

Tyrol, Austria

South Tyrol, Italy

Trentino, Italy

Detailed map of the Euroregion, formed by the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino

The Euroregion in numbers as of 31 December 2006:^[3]

Region	Surface in km²	Population (31.12.2011)	Population density per km²
Tyrol	12,648	1,710,042	56.1
South Tyrol	07,400	1,511,750	69.2
Trentino	06,207	1,533,394	85.9
Overall	26,255	1,755,186	66.8

Co-operation

Cross-border cooperation between the three neighbours covers today many fields, including tourism, traffic, infrastructure, social services and environmental issues in the sensitive central Alps area. In 2001, the joint Alpendeklaration (Alpine declaration), a charter for sustainable development, called for a reconciliation of economic pressures with the wish of the local population to preserve its living environment. A common liaison office was set up in Brussels to foster relations with the EU.

Following a historic meeting between the parliaments of Austrian Tyrol and South Tyrol in 1971, the first in fifty-seven years, the joint meetings were extended twenty years later to include the Trentino. In the 1990s the Austrian federal-state of Vorarlberg, which enjoyed close relations with the region in the past, was granted observer status in the Three Provinces' Parliament (Dreier Landtag). Meetings of the assembly were held at various places of historical importance, such as Innsbruck and the former capital of Tyrol, Merano.

References

↑ Excluding Cortina and Livinallongo
↑ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 15, Table 9
↑ Homepage of Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino: facts and numbers

External links

Media related to Tyrol at Wikimedia Commons
(English) (German) (Italian) Homepage of Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino

Euroregions

Alphabetically by United Nations European area

Central	Bavarian Forest–Bohemian Forest/Šumava Beskydy (Beskidy) Cieszyn Silesia Dobrava Egrensis Elbe / Labe Glacensis Inn–Salzach Inntal Ister–Granum Neisse / Nisa / Nysa Ore Mountains Pomerania Pomoraví–Záhorie–Weinviertel Praděd (Pradziad) Pro Europa Viadrina Raetia Nova Salzburg–Berchtesgadener Land–Traunstein Silesia Silva Nortica Spree–Neisse–Bober Tatrus Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Via Salina West Pannonia White Carpathians Zugspitze–Wetterstein–Karwendel

Eastern	Belasica Black Sea Białowieża Forest Biharia Bug Carpathian Danube 21 Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Dniester Donbas Eurobalkans (Niš–Sofia–Skopje) Karelia Mesta / Nestos Neman Siret – Prut – Nistru Stara Planina Upper Prut Lower Danube

Northern	Archipelago Arvika / Kongsvinger (ARKO) Baltic Barents Euro-Arctic Bornholm–Southwestern Skåne Cross-Channel East Sussex–Seine-Maritime–Somme Helsinki–Tallinn Karelia Kvarken–MittSkandia Neman North Calotte Østfold–Bohuslän/Dalsland Pomerania Southern Jutland–Schleswig Tornio

Southern	Adriatic Ionian Alps–Mediterranean Belasica Danube–Drava–Sava Drina–Sava–Majevica Eurobalkans (Niš–Sofia–Skopje) Insubria Mesta / Nestos Pyrenees–Mediterranean Sea Alps Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino

Western	Belgian–Dutch border (BENEGO) Benelux–Middengebied Ems Dollart Enschede–Gronau (EUREGIO) Galicia–North Portugal Insubria Meuse–Rhine Pyrenees–Mediterranean Rhine–North Meuse Rhine–Waal SaarLorLux Scheldemond TriRhena

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