Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix (; it, Senale-San Felice ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in
South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
, settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province
, image_skyline = ...
in northern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, located about west of the city of
Bolzano
Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...
.
Geography
As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 775 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
.
The municipality of Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix contains the villages
St. Felix,
Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde and the hamlet Malgasott.
Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix borders the following municipalities:
Eppan,
Nals
Nals (; it, Nalles ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of the city of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,815 and an area of .All demographi ...
,
St Pankraz,
Tisens
Tisens (; it, Tesimo ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of the city of Bolzano.
The commune is home to Katzenzungen Castle which harbors a 350+ year old vine of the Italian wine grape v ...
,
Castelfondo
Castelfondo (Ladin: ''Cjastelfon'', german: Kastelpfund) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north of Trento.
Geography
As of 31 December 2004, it had a populatio ...
, and
Fondo
Fondo (german: Pfund; Nones: ''Fón'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north of Trento, precisely at the northern limit of the Val di Non.
Fondo borders t ...
.
History
Coat-of-arms
The village has two coat-of-arms regarding the two joined municipalities. The shield is
azure with an
or square, the sides curved and the corners decorated with shamrock. The four vertices represent the four original German-speaking municipalities of
Non Valley
The Non Valley ( it, Val di Non or ; Nones: ''Val de Nòn''; german: Nonstal or ; la, Anaunia) is a valley mainly in the Trentino. Morever, the (), a subregion, consists of three primarily German-speaking municipalities in the province of Sout ...
:
Laurein
Laurein (; it, Lauregno ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 346 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italia ...
,
Proveis, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde and St. Felix. The first emblem represents a church, the second St. Felix with a palm in the left hand and a book in the right. The emblem was adopted in 1966.
Anthropologist
Eric R. Wolf examined the history of St. Felix in depth in his 1974 study
The Hidden Frontier
''The Hidden Frontier: Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley'' is a classic study of ethnography, published in 1974 by John W. Cole and Eric R. Wolf.
The authors studied two Alpine villages in the Non Valley of the Tyrol region, St. Feli ...
.
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 98.95% of the population speak German and 1.05% Italian as first language.
Demographic evolution
Colors=
id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9)
id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8)
id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1)
id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8)
ImageSize = width:455 height:303
PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30
DateFormat = x.y
Period = from:0 till:1000
TimeAxis = orientation:vertical
AlignBars = justify
ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0
ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0
BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo
BarData=
bar:1860 text:1860
bar:1870 text:1870
bar:1880 text:1880
bar:1900 text:1900
bar:1910 text:1910
bar:1921 text:1921
bar:1931 text:1931
bar:1936 text:1936
bar:1951 text:1951
bar:1961 text:1961
bar:1971 text:1971
bar:1981 text:1981
bar:1991 text:1991
bar:2001 text:2001
PlotData=
color:barra width:20 align:left
bar:1860 from: 0 till:0
bar:1870 from: 0 till:0
bar:1880 from: 0 till:686
bar:1900 from: 0 till:0
bar:1910 from: 0 till:557
bar:1921 from: 0 till:637
bar:1931 from: 0 till:603
bar:1936 from: 0 till:587
bar:1951 from: 0 till:652
bar:1961 from: 0 till:713
bar:1971 from: 0 till:761
bar:1981 from: 0 till:715
bar:1991 from: 0 till:709
bar:2001 from: 0 till:787
PlotData=
bar:1860 at:0 fontsize:XS text: ? shift:(-8,5)
bar:1870 at:0 fontsize:XS text: ? shift:(-8,5)
bar:1880 at:686 fontsize:XS text: 686 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1900 at:0 fontsize:XS text: ? shift:(-8,5)
bar:1910 at:557 fontsize:XS text: 557 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1921 at:637 fontsize:XS text: 637 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1931 at:603 fontsize:XS text: 603 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1936 at:587 fontsize:XS text: 587 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1951 at:652 fontsize:XS text: 652 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1961 at:713 fontsize:XS text: 713 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1971 at:761 fontsize:XS text: 761 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1981 at:715 fontsize:XS text: 715 shift:(-8,5)
bar:1991 at:709 fontsize:XS text: 709 shift:(-8,5)
bar:2001 at:787 fontsize:XS text: 787 shift:(-8,5)
TextData=
fontsize:S pos:(20,20)
text: Population since 1921 (Data from ISTAT)
References
External links
Homepage of the municipality
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unsere Liebe Frau Im Walde-St. Felix
Municipalities of South Tyrol
Nonsberg Group