Aldein
Comune
Gemeinde Aldein
Comune di Aldino
Coat of arms of Aldein
Coat of arms
Location of Aldein
Map
Aldein is located in Italy
Aldein
Aldein
Location of Aldein in Italy
Aldein is located in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Aldein
Aldein
Aldein (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
Coordinates: 46°22′N 11°21′E / 46.367°N 11.350°E / 46.367; 11.350
CountryItaly
RegionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)
FrazioniRadein (Redagno)
Government
 • MayorChristoph Matzneller
Area
[1]
 • Total63.2 km2 (24.4 sq mi)
Elevation
1,225 m (4,019 ft)
Population
 (31 August 2020)[2]
 • Total1,648
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
DemonymsItalian: di Aldino
German: Aldeiner (Natives: Voldeiner)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39040
Dialing code0471
WebsiteOfficial website

Aldein (German: [alˈdaɪn]; Italian: Aldino [alˈdiːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the city of Bolzano.

Aldein borders the following municipalities: Bronzolo, Montan, Deutschnofen, Auer, Truden and Ville di Fiemme. It contains the frazione (subdivision) Radein (Redagno).

History

Parish church.

A settlement called Aldinum is mentioned for the first time in 1177, in 1185 the name appears as Alden.[3]

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is divided party per fess; on the top are two quarter-circle, azure on argent background that represents the Weisshorn. The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamlets on a gules background as the mountain of porphyrite. The arms were adopted in 1969. [4]

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.07% of the population speak German, 1.74% Italian and 0.19% Ladin as first language.[5]

Language 1991 2001[6] 2011[5]
German 98.84% 98.38% 98.07%
Italian 0.97% 1.37% 1.74%
Ladin 0.19% 0.25% 0.19%

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Egon Kühebacher (1991), Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte, Bozen: Athesia, p. 26
  4. ^ "Heraldry of the World: Aldein". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  5. ^ a b "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  6. ^ 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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