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(Redirected from Aldino) Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Aldein
Comune
Gemeinde Aldein
Comune di Aldino
Coat of arms of AldeinCoat of arms
Location of Aldein
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Coordinates: 46°22′N 11°21′E / 46.367°N 11.350°E / 46.367; 11.350
CountryItaly
RegionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)
FrazioniRadein (Redagno)
Government
 • MayorChristoph Matzneller
Area
 • Total63.2 km (24.4 sq mi)
Elevation1,225 m (4,019 ft)
Population
 • Total1,648
 • Density26/km (68/sq mi)
DemonymsItalian: di Aldino
German: Aldeiner (Natives: Voldeiner)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code39040
Dialing code0471
WebsiteOfficial website

Aldein (German: [alˈdaɪn]; Italian: Aldino [alˈdiːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the city of Bolzano.

Aldein borders the following municipalities: Bronzolo, Montan, Deutschnofen, Auer, Truden and Ville di Fiemme. It contains the frazione (subdivision) Radein (Redagno).

History

Parish church.

A settlement called Aldinum is mentioned for the first time in 1177, in 1185 the name appears as Alden.

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is divided party per fess; on the top are two quarter-circle, azure on argent background that represents the Weisshorn. The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamlets on a gules background as the mountain of porphyrite. The arms were adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 97.89% of the population speak German, 1.85% Italian and 0.26% Ladin as first language.

Language 1991 2001 2011 2024
German 98.84% 98.38% 98.07% 97.89%
Italian 0.97% 1.37% 1.74% 1.85%
Ladin 0.19% 0.25% 0.19% 0.26%

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. Egon Kühebacher (1991), Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte, Bozen: Athesia, p. 26
  4. "Heraldry of the World: Aldein". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  5. 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
  6. "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.
  7. "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.

External links

Municipalities of South Tyrol
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