Barbian
Barbian | |
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| Comune di Barbian | |
 Parish church of Saint James | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | Bolzano (BZ) |
| Frazioni | Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Josef Gafriller |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 836 m (2,743 ft) |
| Population (November 2010) | |
• Total | 1,601 |
| • Density | 65.6/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | German: Barbianer Italian: Barbianesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39040 |
| Dialing code | 0471 |
| Website | Official website |
Barbian (German: [ˈbarbi̯aːn]; Italian: Barbiano [barˈbjaːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Bolzano.
Geography
[edit | edit source]As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,601 and an area of 24.4 square kilometres (9.4 mi2).[1]
Barbian borders the following municipalities: Kastelruth, Lajen, Waidbruck, Ritten, and Villanders.
Frazioni
[edit | edit source]The municipality of Barbian contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach.
History
[edit | edit source]Place-name
[edit | edit source]The dwelling is mentioned for the first time in 994 as Parpian, the name deriving probably from the Latin personal name Barbius,[2] a name also attested in Venetic inscriptions from the Roman era.
Coat-of-arms
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
Society
[edit | edit source]Linguistic distribution
[edit | edit source]According to the 2024 census, 97.53% of the population speak German, 1.87% Italian and 0.60% Ladin as first language.
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Demographic evolution
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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- ^ Heraldry of the World: Barbian
- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol Archived 2016-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
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External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
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