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Kuens

Field	Value
name	Kuens
official_name	Gemeinde Kuens
Comune di Caines
image_shield	Kuens-Stemma.gif
coordinates
region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
province	South Tyrol (BZ)
mayor	Manfred Raffl
area_total_km2	1.7
population_total	399
population_as_of	Nov. 2010
population_demonym	German: Kuensner
Italian: comesi
postal_code	39010
area_code	0473
website

Comune di Caines Italian: comesi

Kuens (; ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25 km northwest of the city of Bolzano in the Passeier Valley.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 399 and an area of 1.7 km2.

Kuens borders the following municipalities: Riffian, Schenna and Tirol.

History

In the early eighth century, Kuens became the site of a small monastery founded by Saint Corbinian, who had been struck by the area's beauty on the second of his journeys to Rome. He bought some properties and planted vineyards and orchards and considered the area a "spiritual homeland", so much so that he chose it as the site for his burial.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a bishop (that is, Saint Corbinian) with a gules mantle, the mitre of Or and aureola; a pastoral staff of Or in his right hand. A brown bear, with a load tied up to her back, through the bishop. The emblem was adopted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 97.04% of the population speak German, 2.43% Italian and 0.54% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

|1880|160 |1910|219 |1921|200 |1931|204 |1936|193 |1951|225 |1961|210 |1971|242 |1981|272 |1991|304 |2001|318

References

All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy). Istat]].
Mitterer, Sigisbert. (1928). "Die Bedeutung des hl. Bonifatius für das bayerische Klosterwesen". Studien und Mitteilungen zur Geschichte des Benediktiner-Ordens und seiner Zweige.
[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/k/kuens.htm Heraldry of the World: Kuens]
(December 2024). "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.

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