Deutschnofen
Deutschnofen | |
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| Comune di Deutschnofen | |
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Frazioni | Petersberg (Monte San Pietro), Sankt Nikolaus/Eggen (San Nicolò d'Ega) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernhard Daum |
| Area | |
• Total | 112.49 km2 (43.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,357 m (4,452 ft) |
| Population (31 August 2020) | |
• Total | 4,011 |
| • Density | 35.66/km2 (92.35/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | German: Deutschnofner Italian: di Nova Ponente |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39050 |
| Dialing code | 0471 |
| Website | Official website |
Deutschnofen (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃn̩ˈoːfn̩]; Italian: Nova Ponente [ˈnɔːva poˈnɛnte]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the city of Bolzano.
Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, Welschnofen, and municipalities of Predazzo, Tesero and Varena in Trentino.
The municipality of Deutschnofen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Petersberg (Italian: Monte San Pietro), Eggen (Italian: San Nicolò d'Ega), Rauth (Novale) and Obereggen, a small tourist village located on the foot of the Latemar, with some 900 inhabitants.
The A22 motorway is located 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the village. Deutschnofen shares 7 km of the frontier with Trentino. The Brantental valley connects it with Laives.
Coat-of-arms
[edit | edit source]The coat of arms is party per fess of argent and gules crossed, from edge to edge, from a knotty sable branch. The color argent symbolizes the deposits of dolomite and the gules ones those of porphyry; the branch represents the woodiness of the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1969.[1]
Linguistic distribution
[edit | edit source]According to the 2024 census, 95.42% of the population speak German, 4.33% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.
| Language | 2001[2] | 2011[3] | 2024[4] |
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| German | 97.10% | 97.42% | 95.42% |
| Italian | 2.51% | 2.33% | 4.33% |
| Ladin | 0.39% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
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References
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- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
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External links
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- Official website (in German and Italian)
- Obereggen Official Website
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