Nals

Nals
Comune
Gemeinde Nals Comune di Nalles
Nals Location of Nals in Italy
Coordinates:
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Sirmian (Sirmiano)
Government
• Mayor	Ludwig Busetti
Area
• Total	12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Elevation	321 m (1,053 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
• Total	1,815
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Nalser Italian: nalesini
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	39010
Dialing code	0471
Website	Official website

Nals (Italian: Nallescode: it is deprecated ) is a Gemeinde (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,815 and an area of 12.3 square kilometres (4.7 sq mi).

Nals borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Eppan, Gargazon, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Terlan, and Tisens.

Frazioni

The municipality of Nals contains the frazione (subdivision) Sirmian (Sirmiano).

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is parted quarterly: the first and fourth quarter represent, in a mirror-like manner, a sable ox on argent; the second and third, always as a mirror-like image, represents an argent swan on azure. These are the arms of the Lords of Boymont-Payrsberg who owned the Schwanburg and Payrsberg Castles. The coat of arms was granted in 1967.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 90.58% of the population speak German, 8.78% Italian and 0.64% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

External links

• (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality

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