Nals Explained

Nals (pronounced as /de/; it|Nalles pronounced as /it/) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 13km (08miles) northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,815 and an area of 12.3km2.^[1]

Nals borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Eppan, Gargazon, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Terlan, and Tisens.

Frazioni

The municipality of Nals contains the frazione (subdivision) Sirmian (Sirmiano).

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is parted quarterly: the first and fourth quarter represent, in a mirror-like manner, a sable ox on argent; the second and third, always as a mirror-like image, represents an argent swan on azure. These are the arms of the Lords of Boymont-Payrsberg who owned the Schwanburg and Payrsberg Castles. The coat of arms was granted in 1967.^[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 90.58% of the population speak German, 8.78% Italian and 0.64% Ladin as first language.^[3]

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. Web site: Heraldry of the World: Nals . 2011-05-15 . 2012-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120801062238/http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/n/nals.htm . live .
3. 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 . 2013-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927111858/http://www.provinz.bz.it/astat/de/service/256.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=563169 . live .