Hafling

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Stadt Hafling
Comune di Avelengo
Coat of arms of Stadt HaflingComune di Avelengo
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Hafling
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province Bolzano-Bozen
Mayor Josef Reiterer
Area 27.4 km² (10.6 sq mi)
Population (as of Dec. 2004)
 - Total 721
 - Density 26/km² (67/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 46°39′N 11°14′E / 46.65°N 11.233°E / 46.65; 11.233
Gentilic German: Haflinger
Italian: Avelenghesi
Dialing code 0473
Postal code 39010
Website: www.gemeinde.hafling.bz.it

Hafling (Italian: Avelengo; German: Hafling) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km north of Trento and about 20 km northwest of Bolzano (Bozen). As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 721 and an area of 27.4 km².[1]

Hafling borders the following municipalities: Meran, Sarntal, Schenna and Vöran.

The city gaves its name to the Haflinger breed of horses.

Language 1991 2001[2]
German 97.96 % 97.67 %
Italian 2.04 % 2.33 %
Ladin 0 % 0 %

[edit] Demographic evolution

[edit] References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. ^ 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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