Vöran (; ) is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in
South Tyrol in northern
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, located about northwest of the city of
Bolzano.
Geography
As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 927 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
The municipality of Vöran contains the hamlet of Aschl.
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
A yoke is a wooden beam used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals. There are several types of yoke, used in dif ...
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.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 98.53% of the population speak German and 1.47% Italian as first language.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
Homepage of the municipality
{{DEFAULTSORT:Voran
Municipalities of South Tyrol