Villanders

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Villanders
Comune
Gemeinde Villanders
Comune di Villandro
View from NE
View from NE
Villanders is located in Italy
Villanders
Villanders
Location of Villanders in Italy
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Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni St. Stefan (Santo Stefano), St. Moritz (San Maurizio) , St. Valentin (San Valentino)
Government
 • Mayor Walter Baumgartner
Area
 • Total 44 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation 880 m (2,890 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
 • Total 1,912
 • Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German: Villanderser
Italian: Villandresi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39043
Dialing code 0472
Website Official website

Villanders (Italian: Villandro ) is a village and comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

Geography

Villanders lies on the Villanderer Berg (Mountain of Villanders), at the top of which lies the Totensee (Lake of death).[clarification needed] The village is bordered by Barbian, Klausen, Lajen, Ritten and Sarntal.

Map of South Tyrol showing Villanders

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is party per fess of azure and gules, in the first three points of argent, in the second a fess dancetty of argent. It is the arms of the local Lords of Villanders and Pardell. The emblem was granted in 1966.[1]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.46% of the population speak German, 1.15% Italian and 0.38% Ladin as first language.[2]

Notes and references

  1. Heraldry of the World: Villander
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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons



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