Barbian
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Barbian |
| official_name | Gemeinde Barbian |
| Comune di Barbiano | |
| image_skyline | Btrixen Oktober 2006 036.jpg |
| image_caption | Parish church of Saint James |
| image_shield | Barbiano-Stemma.gif |
| coordinates | |
| region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| province | Bolzano (BZ) |
| frazioni | Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach |
| mayor | Josef Gafriller |
| area_total_km2 | 24.4 |
| population_total | 1601 |
| population_as_of | November 2010 |
| population_demonyms | German: Barbianer |
| Italian: Barbianesi | |
| elevation_m | 836 |
| postal_code | 39040 |
| area_code | 0471 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
| name = Barbian | official_name = Gemeinde Barbian Comune di Barbiano | native_name = | image_skyline = Btrixen Oktober 2006 036.jpg | image_caption = Parish church of Saint James | image_shield = Barbiano-Stemma.gif | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | province = Bolzano (BZ) | frazioni = Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach | mayor_party = | mayor = Josef Gafriller | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 24.4 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1601 | population_as_of = November 2010 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonyms = German: Barbianer Italian: Barbianesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 836 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 39040 | area_code = 0471 | website = Official website | footnotes =
Barbian (; ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 km northeast of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,601 and an area of 24.4 km2.
Barbian borders the following municipalities: Kastelruth, Lajen, Waidbruck, Ritten, and Villanders.
Frazioni
The municipality of Barbian contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach.
History
Place-name
The dwelling is mentioned for the first time in 994 as Parpian, the name deriving probably from the Latin personal name Barbius, a name also attested in Venetic inscriptions from the Roman era.
Coat-of-arms
The shield is tierced per fess in argent, vert and sable. In the second level are represented three churches: St. Nicholas, St. Gertrude and St. Magdalene, which are located in the mountains above the village. The sable bottom is crossed by a thin band of argent and gules, symbolizing the customs bar of the village of Kollmann sited in the municipality. The arms were granted in 1970.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 97.53% of the population speak German, 1.87% Italian and 0.60% 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 | 94.80% | 97.47% | 97.53% | 96.74% | | Italian | 4.56% | 2.02% | 1.87% | 1.88% | | Ladin | 0.64% | 0.51% | 0.60% | 1.38% | ::
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Demographic evolution
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References
References
- All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy). Istat]].
- (2004). "Nomi d'Italia". Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
- [http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/b/barbian.htm Heraldry of the World: Barbian]
- 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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