South Tyrol
South Tyrol
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| Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol (Austrian German) Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige (Italian) Provinzia autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol (Ladin) | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: Bozner Bergsteigerlied (unofficial) | |
Map highlighting the location of the province of South Tyrol in Italy (in red) | |
| Coordinates: 46°30′0″N 11°21′0″E / 46.50000°N 11.35000°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Capital(s) | Bolzano |
| Comuni | 116 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Landtag of South Tyrol |
| • Governor | Arno Kompatscher (SVP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,399.97 km2 (2,857.14 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2024) | |
• Total | 539,386 |
| • Density | 72.8903/km2 (188.785/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €32 billion (2023) |
| • Per capita | €62,100 (2023) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39XXX |
| Telephone prefix | 0471, 0472, 0473, 0474 |
| Vehicle registration | BZ |
| HDI (2022) | 0.925 very high 5th of 21 |
| ISTAT | 021 |
| Website | www |
South Tyrol (German: Südtirol [ˈzyːtːiˌʁoːl] ⓘ, locally [ˈsyːtiˌroːl]; Italian: Alto Adige [ˈalto ˈaːdidʒe]; Ladin: Südtirol), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen – South Tyrol, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province is Italy's northernmost, with an area of 7,400 square kilometres (2,857 sq mi), and has a population of about 534,000 as of 2021. Its capital and largest city is Bolzano.
South Tyrol has a considerable level of self-government, consisting of a large range of exclusive legislative and executive powers and a fiscal regime that allows it to retain 90% of revenue, while remaining a net contributor to the national budget. As of 2023, it is Italy's wealthiest province and among the wealthiest in the European Union. As of 2024, South Tyrol was also the region with the lowest number of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU, with 6.6% of the population compared to the EU mean of 21.4%.
In the wider context of the EU, the province is one of the three members of the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion, which corresponds almost exactly to the historical region of Tyrol.
According to the 2024 census, 57.6% of the population used German as its first language; 22.6% of the population spoke Italian, mainly in and around the two largest cities (Bolzano and Merano); 3.7% spoke Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language; and 16.1% of the population (mainly recent immigrants) spoke another language in addition to Italian and German. Of 116 South Tyrolean municipalities, 102 have a German-speaking, eight a Ladin-speaking, and six an Italian-speaking majority. The Italianization of South Tyrol and the settlement of Italians from the rest of Italy after 1918 significantly modified local demographics.