Prad am Stilfser Joch

Prad am Stilfser Joch (Prato allo Stelvio ), often abbreviated to Prad, is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 km west of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland, and near the Stelvio Pass.

Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 3,474 and an area of 51.4 km2.

The municipality contains the frazione (subdivision) Lichtenberg (Montechiaro).

Prad borders the following municipalities: Glurns, Laas, Schluderns, Stilfs, Taufers im Münstertal and Müstair (Switzerland).

Coat-of-arms
The emblem shows three or ears of wheat, in a gules field on azure. The bottom is red. The wheat symbolizes the importance played by the cereal growing in the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 97.21% of the population speak German, 2.73% Italian and 0.06% Ladin as first language.

Notable people

 * Gustav Thöni, alpine ski racer