Aldein
Municipality in South Tyrol, Italy
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::summary Municipality in South Tyrol, Italy ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Italian comune"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Aldein |
| official_name | Gemeinde Aldein |
| Comune di Aldino | |
| image_skyline | Aldein_04.jpg |
| image_caption | View of Aldein |
| image_shield | ITA Aldein COA.svg |
| coordinates | |
| region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| frazioni | Radein (Redagno) |
| mayor | Charlotte Oberberger Pichler |
| elevation_m | 1225 |
| area_total_km2 | 63.2 |
| population_as_of | 31 August 2020 |
| population_total | 1648 |
| population_demonyms | Italian: di Aldino |
| German: Aldeiner (Natives: Voldeiner) | |
| website | |
| postal_code | 39040 |
| area_code | 0471 |
| :: |
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Aldein (; ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 km south of the city of Bolzano.
Aldein borders the following municipalities: Bronzolo, Montan, Deutschnofen, Auer, Truden and Ville di Fiemme. It contains the frazione (subdivision) Radein (Redagno).
History
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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 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 background as the mountain of porphyrite. The arms were adopted in 1969.
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 97.89% of the population speak German, 1.85% Italian and 0.26% Ladin as first language. ::data[format=table] | Language | 1991 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614231554/http://www.provinz.bz.it/Astat/downloads/Siz_2008-eng.pdf |date=2016-06-14 }}, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10 | date=June 2012 |title=Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011 |journal=astat info |issue=38 |pages=6–7 |publisher=Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol |url=http://www.provinz.bz.it/astat/de/service/256.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=563169 |access-date=2012-06-14 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165250/http://www.provinz.bz.it/astat/de/service/256.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=563169 |url-status=dead }} | date=December 2024 |title=Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024 |journal=astat info |issue=56 |publisher=Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol|url=https://astat.provinz.bz.it/de/aktuelles-publikationen-info.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=1160209 |access-date=2024-12-09 }} | |---|---|---|---|---| | German | 98.84% | 98.38% | 98.07% | 97.89% | | Italian | 0.97% | 1.37% | 1.74% | 1.85% | | Ladin | 0.19% | 0.25% | 0.19% | 0.26% | ::
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References
References
- Egon Kühebacher (1991), ''Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte'', Bozen: Athesia, p. 26
- "Heraldry of the World: Aldein".
- Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): [http://www.provinz.bz.it/Astat/downloads/Siz_2008-eng.pdf "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-06-14 , Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10)
- (June 2012). "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.
- (December 2024). "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.
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