Barbian Explained

Barbian (pronounced as /de/; it|Barbiano pronounced as /it/) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15km (09miles) northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,601 and an area of 24.4km2.^[1]

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,^[2] 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.^[3]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.53% of the population speak German, 1.87% Italian and 0.60% Ladin as first language.^[4]

Language 1991 2001[5] 2011 German 94.80% 97.47% 97.53% Italian 4.56% 2.02% 1.87% Ladin 0.64% 0.51% 0.60%

Demographic evolution

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External links

• Homepage of the municipality

Notes and References

1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
2. Book: Nomi d'Italia. Novara. Istituto Geografico De Agostini. 2004.
3. http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/b/barbian.htm Heraldry of the World: Barbian
4. June 2012 . Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011 . astat info . 38 . 6–7 . Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. 2012-06-14 .
5. 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