Latsch

Latsch (Laces ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 5,156 and an area of 78.8 km2.

Latsch (Laces) borders the following municipalities: Kastelbell-Tschars, Martell, Schnals, Schlanders, and Ulten.

Frazioni
The municipality of Latsch contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Goldrain (Coldrano), Morter, St. Martin am Kofel (San Martino al Monte) and Tarsch (Tarres)

Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents a vert centered branch, with three roses of gules and or petal in the center. It is the sign of the Lords of Annenberg owners, from 1312 to 1695, of the castle. The coat of arms was granted in 1930.

Notable people

 * Manfred Fuchs (1938 in Latsch – 2014) entrepreneur and space pioneer

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 97.99% of the population speak German, 1.97% Italian and 0.04% Ladin as first language.