St. Martin in Passeier is a comune (municipality) and a village in the Passeier Valley in South Tyrol, northern Italian, located about 35 km northwest of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,137 and an area of 30.5 km2. The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Saltaus (Saltusio), Quellenhof (Sorgente), Ried (Novale), Kalmtal (Valclava), Christl (Cresta), Flon (Vallone), and Matatz (Montaccio), St Martin in Passeier borders the following municipalities: Moos in Passeier, Riffian, and St Leonhard in Passeier.

History

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is argent and azure party per pale; in the first part is an azure halberd, in the second half an argent wheel, with four rays. The halberd symbolizes the privileges of the free farmers, while the wheel the village laboriousness.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 99.10% of the population speak German, 0.86% Italian and 0.03% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

Tourism

In 2017 it was the venue for the Linuxbierwanderung.