Vahrn
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vahrn |
| official_name | Gemeinde Vahrn |
| Comune di Varna | |
| image_skyline | Abbazia di Novacella.jpg |
| image_caption | The court of the Abbey of Neustift in Vahrn |
| image_shield | Varna-Stemma.png |
| coordinates | |
| region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| frazioni | Neustift (Novacella) |
| mayor | Andreas Schatzer |
| area_total_km2 | 70.1 |
| population_total | 4231 |
| population_as_of | Nov. 2010 |
| population_demonym | German: Vahrner |
| Italian: di Varna | |
| elevation_m | 671 |
| postal_code | 39040 |
| area_code | 0472 |
| website | |
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| name = Vahrn | official_name = Gemeinde Vahrn Comune di Varna | native_name = | image_skyline = Abbazia di Novacella.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = The court of the Abbey of Neustift in Vahrn | image_shield = Varna-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | province = South Tyrol (BZ) | frazioni = Neustift (Novacella) | mayor_party = | mayor = Andreas Schatzer | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 70.1 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4231 | population_as_of = Nov. 2010 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = German: Vahrner Italian: di Varna | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 671 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 39040 | area_code = 0472 | website = | footnotes = Vahrn (; ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 35 km northeast of the city of Bolzano.
Geography
Vahrn borders the following municipalities: Brixen, Klausen, Franzensfeste, Natz-Schabs, Sarntal and Feldthurns.
Frazioni
The municipality of Vahrn contains the frazione (subdivision) Neustift (Novacella) and the valley of Schalders (Scaleres).
History
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Coat-of-arms
The emblem is quartering: the first and the fourth of argent three fess nebuly azure; the second and the third of gules. It’s the arms of the Knights of Voitsberg which changed the name in Von Vahrn when they acquired the local castle, then destroyed in 1277. The emblem was granted in 1969.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 83.39% of the population speak German, 15.45% Italian and 1.16% Ladin as first language.
Demographic evolution
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References
References
- [http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/v/vahrn.htm Heraldry of the World: Vahrn]
- (December 2024). "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.
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