Corvara, South Tyrol

Corvara in Badia (Corvara in Badia ; Corvara or Kurfar) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 km east of Bolzano.

Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,340 and an area of 42.2 km2.

Corvara in Badia borders the following municipalities: 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. According to Michil Costa, owner of the La Perla luxury hotel in Corvara, interviewed in 2023 for a TV documentary on overtourism in the Alps, the area has too many tourists.

Frazioni
The municipality contains the frazioni Calfosch (Italian: Colfosco, German: Kolfuschg) and Pescosta.

Coat of arms
The emblem represents three 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.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 89.70% of the population speak Ladin, 6.84% Italian and 3.46% German as first language.

Maratona dles Dolomites
The finish of the annual single-day seven mountain passes crossing Maratona dles Dolomites bicycle race is in Corvara.