Nals
Nals | |
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| Gemeinde Nals Comune di Nalles | |
 Town hall | |
Location of Nals  | |
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| Postal code | 39010 |
| Dialing code | 0471 |
| Website | Official website |
Nals (German pronunciation: [nals]; Italian: Nalles [ˈnalles]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,815 and an area of 12.3 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi).[3]
Nals borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Eppan, Gargazon, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Terlan, and Tisens.
Frazioni
The municipality of Nals contains the frazione (subdivision) Sirmian (Sirmiano).
History
Coat-of-arms
The shield is parted quarterly: the first and fourth quarter represent, in a mirror-like manner, a sable ox on argent; the second and third, always as a mirror-like image, represents an argent swan on azure. These are the arms of the Lords of Boymont-Payrsberg who owned the Schwanburg and Payrsberg Castles. The coat of arms was granted in 1967.[4]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 90.58% of the population speak German, 8.78% Italian and 0.64% Ladin as first language.[5]
Demographic evolution
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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- ^ "Heraldry of the World: Nals". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
- ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
External links
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
Media related to Nals at Wikimedia Commons
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