Pfalzen (German pronunciation: [ˈpfaltsn̩]; Italian: Falzes [ˈfaltses]; Ladin: Falzes) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Bolzano.
Geography
As of July 2023, it had a population of 3,106 and an area of 33.3 square kilometres (12.9 sq mi).[3][4]
Pfalzen borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Kiens, Gais, St. Lorenzen and Mühlwald.
Frazioni
The municipality of Pfalzen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Greinwalden (Grimaldo) and Issing (Issengo).
History
Coat-of-arms
The escutcheon is party per pale of gules and argent; with a sickle in each side of opposite color. It is the coat of arms of the Plazoll zu Assling, Lords of Pfalzen in the Middle Ages, who built the castle of Sichelburg (sichel in German means sickle). The emblem was adopted in 1967.[5]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 96.25% of the population speak German, 2.36% Italian and 1.39% Ladin as first language.[6]
Demographic evolution
Notable people
- Fabian Aichner - professional wrestler
- Luis Durnwalder - former Governor of South Tyrol (1989–2014)
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.
- ^ "Bilancio demografico mensile". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ "Heraldry of the World: PFALZEN".
- ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
External links
Media related to Pfalzen at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
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