Vöran

Vöran
Vöran
	Comune
	Gemeinde Vöran; Comune di Verano
	Vöran
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vöran
	Vöran Location of Vöran in Italy Vöran Vöran (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°36′N 11°14′E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Aschl (Eschio)
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Egger
Area [1]
• Total	22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population (Nov. 2010)[2]
• Total	927
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Vöraner; Italian: di Verano
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39010
Dialing code	0473
Website	Official website

Vöran (German pronunciation: [ˈføˑran]; Italian: Verano [veˈraːno]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 927 and an area of 22.1 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi).[3]

Vöran borders the following municipalities: Hafling, Mölten, Merano, Burgstall, and Sarntal.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is tierced per fess: the first of azure, the second a yoke on or and the third of gules. The insignia symbolize some peculiarities of the municipality. The yoke is referred to the cattle-breeding and the agriculture, the red to the mountains rich in porphyry and the azure to the blue-sky. The emblem was granted in 1967.[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.90% of the population speak German and 2.10% Italian as first language.[5]

Demographic evolution

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gollark: Spawners take upward of 320RF/t.

gollark: Yes, a backup power source.

gollark: How do you plan to make enough? Endergenics seem the best approach.

gollark: So we can run it for a bit at glacial speed off my solar panel, then build and configure an endergenic generator, and hopefully run it off that.

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. Voran". Ngw.nl. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
"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 Vöran 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. Voran". Ngw.nl. Retrieved 2012-04-07.

[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.