Gargazon | |
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| Gemeinde Gargazon Comune di Gargazzone | |
 Saint John the Baptist Church | |
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| Coordinates: 46°35′N 11°12′E / 46.583°N 11.200°E / 46.583; 11.200 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernhard Paris |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Population (Nov. 2010)2 | |
• Total | 1,639 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (870/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | German:Gargazoner Italian: gargazzonesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39010 |
| Dialing code | 0473 |
| Website | Official website |
Gargazon (German: [ˈɡarɡatsoːn]; Italian: Gargazzone [ɡarɡatˈtsoːne]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,639 and an area of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 mi2).3
Gargazon borders the following municipalities: Lana, Mölten, Nals, Burgstall, Terlan and Tisens.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents an argent tower on a gules hill with three fruit trees. The tower is the Kröllturm built in 1240 by Bartold von Trauston. The emblem was adopted in 1968.4
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 80.51% of the population speak German, 18.41% Italian and 1.08% Ladin as first language.5
| Language | 20016 | 20117 | 20245 |
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| German | 78.22% | 78.68% | 80.51% |
| Italian | 21.32% | 20.33% | 18.41% |
| Ladin | 0.46% | 0.99% | 1.08% |
Demographic evolution
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Panorama
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.
- Heraldry of the World: Gargazon
- "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.
- 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.
External links
External links
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
Media related to Gargazon at Wikimedia Commons