Glurns

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Glurns
Comune
Stadtgemeinde Glurns
Comune di Glorenza
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Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
 • Mayor Erich Wallnöfer
Area
 • Total 13.0 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Elevation 907 m (2,976 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
 • Total 876
 • Density 67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German:Glurnser
Italian: glorenzini
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39020
Dialing code 0473
Website Official website

Glurns (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlʊrns]; Italian: Glorenza [ɡloˈrɛntsa]) is an urban comune (Stadt)[1] in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Bolzano. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[2]

File:Glurns Kirche.jpg
Saint Pancras's Church at the Tauferer Gate in the west of Glurns
File:Glurns Nepomuk Etschbrücke 01.jpg
Saint John of Nepomuk over the Etsch River at the Tauferer Gate

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 876 and an area of 13.0 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi).[3]

Glurns borders the following municipalities: Mals, Prad am Stilfser Joch, Schluderns, and Taufers im Münstertal.

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is party per pale: the first part represents half Tyrolean Eagle on argent; the second is tierced per fess of sable, argent and gules. The eagle represents the membership of the village to the Tyrol, while the colors sable, argent and gules are those of the city. The emblem was granted in 1528 by Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.13% of the population speak German and 3.87% Italian as first language.[5]


Language 2001[6] 2011[5]
German 96.51% 96.13%
Italian 3.37% 3.87%
Ladin 0.12% 0.00%

Demographic evolution

References

  1. https://www.suedtirol.info/de/de/erlebnisse-und-events/plp-erlebnisse/erlebnisse-suedtirol/pdp-erlebnisse.smgpoi455d22d5826caa2ed6956349725b6cac.glurns---die-kleine-mittelalterliche-stadt.glurns
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  3. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. Heraldry of the World: Glurns
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10

External links

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