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Pozza di Fassa

former Italian comune

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ299987 ↗
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Pozza di Fassa (Ladin: Poza (de Fascia), German: Potzach im Fasstal) is a frazione of Sèn Jan di Fassa in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,867 and an area of 73.2 square kilometres (28.3 mi2).

The frazione of Pozza di Fassa contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Pera di Fassa and Monzon.

Pozza di Fassa borders the following municipalities: Canazei, Tiers, Mazzin, Welschnofen, Rocca Pietore, Vigo di Fassa, Moena and Soraga.

In the census of 2001, 1,587 inhabitants out of 1,787 (88.8%) declared Ladin as their native language.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Pozza di Fassa” as former Italian comune. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Pozza, Fassa and former can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as former Italian comune. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q299987. VIAF identifies the subject as 285399618. Authority coordinates are 46.431, 11.688. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004 and 2001.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pozza di Fassa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.