Algund
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Algund (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about Template:Convert northwest of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 5,029 and an area of Template:Convert.[1]
Algund borders the following municipalities: Lana, Marling, Merano, Naturns, Partschins, Plaus and Tirol.
Frazioni
The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Aschbach (Riolagundo), Forst (Foresta), Mitterplars (Plars di Mezzo), Mühlbach (Riomolino), Oberplars (Plars di Sopra) and Vellau (Velloi).
History
Place name
The name apud Algunde (Latin for close to Algund) appears for the first time in 994.[2]
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is a barrel of wine, overhanged by a vine-shoot of black grapes, on or bordered by an argent and gules crown gear. The barrel and grapes symbolize the viticulture practiced in the area, the argent and gules indented frame represents the membership to the Tyrol. The emblem was adopted in 1970.[3]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 82.75% of the population speak German, 16.90% Italian and 0.35% Ladin as first language.
| Language | 2001[4] | 2011[5] | 2024[6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| German | 86.81% | 85.17% | 82,75% |
| Italian | 12.93% | 14.58% | 16.90% |
| Ladin | 0.26% | 0.25% | 0.35% |
Demographic evolution
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- note: after 1921, the frazione Forst was switched from Marling to Algund.
References
External links
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- ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ↑ Egon Kühebacher (1991), Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte, Bozen: Athesia, p. 27
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- ↑ 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
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