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.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,639 and an area of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 mi2).[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]
| Language | 2001[6] | 2011[7] | 2024[5] |
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| German | 78.22% | 78.68% | 80.51% |
| Italian | 21.32% | 20.33% | 18.41% |
| Ladin | 0.46% | 0.99% | 1.08% |
Demographic evolution
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Panorama
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.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Heraldry of the World: Gargazon
- ^ a b “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.
- ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): “South Tyrol in Figures 2008”, Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol Archived 2016-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
- ^ “Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011”. astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
External links
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
Media related to Gargazon at Wikimedia Commons
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