Vöran
Vöran | |
|---|---|
| Gemeinde Vöran Comune di Verano | |
 Vöran | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Vöran  | |
  Vöran Location of Vöran in Italy  Vöran Vöran (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol) | |
| Coordinates: 46°36′N 11°14′E / 46.600°N 11.233°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Frazioni | Aschl (Eschio) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Thomas Egger |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (Nov. 2010)[2] | |
| • Total | 927 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | German: Vöraner Italian: di Verano |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39010 |
| Dialing code | 0473 |
| Website | Official website |
Vöran (German: [ˈføːran]; Italian: Verano [veˈraːno]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.
Geography
As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 927 and an area of 22.1 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi).[3]
The municipality of Vöran contains the hamlet of Aschl.
Vöran borders the following municipalities: Hafling, Mölten, Merano, Burgstall, and Sarntal.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem is tierced per fess: the first of azure, the second a yoke on or and the third of gules. The insignia symbolize some peculiarities of the municipality. The yoke is referred to the cattle-breeding and the agriculture, the red to the mountains rich in porphyry and the azure to the blue-sky. The emblem was granted in 1967.[4]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 97.90% of the population speak German and 2.10% Italian as first language.[5]
Demographic evolution
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. Voran". Ngw.nl. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
External links
Media related to Vöran at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
