Pfalzen (; it, Falzes ;
Ladin: ''Falzes'') is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in
South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
, settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province
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in northern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, located about northeast of
Bolzano
Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...
.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 2,753 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
.
Pfalzen borders the following municipalities:
Bruneck
Bruneck (; it, Brunico or Ladin: ''Bornech'' or ''Burnech''; la, Branecium or ''Brunopolis'' is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol.
Geography
Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps ...
,
Kiens
Kiens (; it, Chienes ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,726 and an area of .Overall demographics and other statistics ...
,
Gais,
St. Lorenzen and
Mühlwald
Mühlwald (; it, Selva dei Molini ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 1,442 and a ...
.
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
In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to ...
; with a
sickle
A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting, or reaping, grain crops or cutting Succulent plant, succulent forage chiefly for feed ...
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.
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.
Demographic evolution
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Notable people
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Fabian Aichner - professional wrestler
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Luis Durnwalder
Luis Durnwalder (born 23 September 1941) is an Italian politician, former governor of the autonomous province of South Tyrol from 1989 until 2014, and former president and vice-president of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, in Northern Italy.
Bi ...
- former
Governor of South Tyrol (1989–2014)
References
External links
Homepage of the municipality
{{Authority control
Municipalities of South Tyrol