Aldein (; it, Aldino ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

in northern

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, located about south of the city of

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. Aldein borders the following municipalities:

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, Deutschnofen,

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, Truden and

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. It contains the ''

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'' (subdivision) Radein (Redagno).

History

A settlement called ''Aldinum'' is mentioned for the first time in 1177, in 1185 the name appears as ''Alden''.

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is divided party per fess; on the top are two quarter-circle,

azure Azure may refer to: Colour * Azure (color), a hue of blue ** Azure (heraldry) ** Shades of azure, shades and variations Arts and media * ''Azure'' (Art Farmer and Fritz Pauer album), 1987 * Azure (Gary Peacock and Marilyn Crispell album), 2013 ...

on argent background that represents the ''Weisshorn''. The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamlets on a

gules In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...

background as the mountain of porphyrite. The arms were adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.07% of the population speak

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, 1.74% Italian and 0.19%

Ladin Ladin may refer to: * Ladin language, a language in northern Italy, often classified as a Rhaeto-Romance language *Ladin people, the inhabitants of the Dolomite Alps region of northern Italy See also *Laden (disambiguation) * Ladino (disambigua ...

as first language.

References

External links

Official website
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