Gargazon

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Gargazon
Gemeinde Gargazon
Comune di Gargazzone
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Saint John the Baptist Church
Location of Gargazon
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Location of Gargazon in Italy
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Gargazon
Gargazon (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
Coordinates: 46°35′N11°12′E / 46.583°N 11.200°E / 46.583; 11.200
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
  MayorArmin Gorfer
Area
[1]
  Total
4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Nov. 2010) [2]
  Total
1,639
  Density330/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.

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Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,639 and an area of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi). [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]

Language2001 [6] 2011 [7] 2024 [5]
German78.22%78.68%80.51%
Italian21.32%20.33%18.41%
Ladin0.46%0.99%1.08%

Demographic evolution

Gargazon

Panorama

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360° panorama of the center of Gargazon

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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. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. Heraldry of the World: Gargazon
  5. 1 2 "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.
  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
  7. "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.

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