St. Pankraz
St. Pankraz | |
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| Gemeinde St. Pankraz Comune di San Pancrazio | |
 Sankt Pankraz | |
Location of St. Pankraz  | |
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| Postal code | 39010 |
| Dialing code | 0473 |
| Patron saint | Saint Pancras |
| Website | Official website |
St. Pankraz (German pronunciation: [saŋkt ˈpaŋkrats]; Italian: San Pancrazio [sam paŋˈkrattsjo]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,589 and an area of 63.1 square kilometres (24.4 sq mi).[3]
Sankt Pankraz borders the following municipalities: Lana, Laurein, Naturns, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Tisens, Ulten, and Castelfondo.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents a tower with battlements, with a pavilion azure roof, surrounded by a wall above a vert hill with two fir-trees on each side on argent. The castle tower corresponds to the Eschenloch Castle built in the twelfth century by the Counts of Ulten. The emblem was adopted in 1968.[4]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 98.84% of the population spoke German, 0.96% Italian and 0.19% Ladin as their first language.[5]
Demographic evolution
Personalities
- Blasius Marsoner (1924-1991), poet, historian and translator of the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
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: St. Pankraz
- ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
External links
Media related to St. Pankraz at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
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