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Welschnofen

Field	Value
name	Welschnofen
official_name	Gemeinde Welschnofen
Comune di Nova Levante
image_skyline	Welschnofen 1.jpg
image_caption	View of Welschnofen
image_shield	Nova Levante-Stemma.png
coordinates
region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
province	South Tyrol (BZ)
mayor	Thomas Pardeller
area_total_km2	50.8
population_total	1945
population_as_of	31 March 2017
population_demonym	German: Welschnofner
Italian: novalevantini
elevation_m	1182
postal_code	39056
area_code	0471
website

Comune di Nova Levante Italian: novalevantini

Welschnofen (; ) is a comune (municipality) in the autonomous province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 km southeast of the city of Bolzano.

History

Coat of arms

The escutcheon is party per quarterly: the 1st and the 4th represent an or rampant lion on sable, the arms of the Judge Bartlmä von Pretzenberg which has had an estate in the municipality. In the 2nd and 3rd quarter an azure mountain is surmounted by an argent pretzels on gules. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 1,910 and an area of 50.8 km2.

The municipality includes the village of Karersee, named after the nearby alpine lake by the same name, Karersee.

Welschnofen borders the following municipalities: Karneid, Moena, Deutschnofen, Predazzo, Sèn Jan di Fassa and Tiers.

Society

According to the 2024 census, 91.03% of the population speak German, 8.33% Italian and 0.63% Ladin as first language.

References

[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/w/welschno.htm Heraldry of the World: Welschnofen]
All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy). Istat]].
(December 2024). "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.

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