Barbian | |
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| Gemeinde Barbian Comune di Barbiano | |
 Parish church of Saint James | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 46°36′N 11°31′E / 46.600°N 11.517°E / 46.600; 11.517 | |
| 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)2 | |
• 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
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,601 and an area of 24.4 square kilometres (9.4 mi2).3
Barbian borders the following municipalities: Kastelruth, Lajen, Waidbruck, Ritten, and Villanders.
Frazioni
The municipality of Barbian contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach.
History
Place-name
The dwelling is mentioned for the first time in 994 as Parpian, the name deriving probably from the Latin personal name Barbius,4 a name also attested in Venetic inscriptions from the Roman era.
Coat-of-arms
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 1970.5
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 97.53% of the population speak German, 1.87% Italian and 0.60% Ladin as first language.
| Language | 1991 | 20016 | 20117 | 20248 |
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| German | 94.80% | 97.47% | 97.53% | 96.74% |
| Italian | 4.56% | 2.02% | 1.87% | 1.88% |
| Ladin | 0.64% | 0.51% | 0.60% | 1.38% |
Demographic evolution
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References
References
- "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- Nomi d'Italia. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini. 2004.
- 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
- "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". astat info (56). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
External links
External links
Media related to Barbian at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality