Pfalzen

Pfalzen
Pfalzen
	Comune
	Gemeinde Pfalzen; Comune di Falzes
	Location of Pfalzen
	Pfalzen Location of Pfalzen in Italy Pfalzen Pfalzen (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°49′N 11°53′E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Greinwalden (Grimaldo), Issing (Issengo)
Government
• Mayor	Josef Gatterer
Area [1]
• Total	33.3 km2 (12.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,022 m (3,353 ft)
Population (Dec. 2015)[2]
• Total	2.753
• Density	0.083/km2 (0.21/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Pfalzner; Italian: di Falzes
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39030
Dialing code	0474
Website	Official website

Pfalzen (German pronunciation: [ˈpfaltsn̩]; Italian: Falzes [ˈfaltses]; Ladin: Falzes) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 2,753 and an area of 33.3 square kilometres (12.9 sq mi).[3]

Pfalzen borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Kiens, Gais, St. Lorenzen and Mühlwald.

Frazioni

The municipality of Pfalzen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Greinwalden (Grimaldo) and Issing (Issengo).

History

Coat-of-arms

The escutcheon is party per pale of gules and argent; with a sickle in each side of opposite color. It is the coat of arms of the Plazoll zu Assling, Lords of Pfalzen in the Middle Ages, who built the castle of Sichelburg (sichel in German means sickle). The emblem was adopted in 1967.[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.25% of the population speak German, 2.36% Italian and 1.39% Ladin as first language.[5]

Demographic evolution

Notable people

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References

"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
"Heraldry of the World: PFALZEN".
"Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

Media related to Pfalzen at Wikimedia Commons

(in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v3-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v3-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[istat-3] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[4] "Heraldry of the World: PFALZEN".

[5] "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.