Aldein (; ) is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) and a village in

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in northern

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, located about south of the city of

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. Aldein borders the following municipalities:

Bronzolo Bronzolo (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian speaking municipalities in South Tyrol. Geography As of 30 November 2 ...

, Montan,

Deutschnofen Deutschnofen (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southeast of the city of Bolzano. Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, ...

, Auer, Truden and

Ville di Fiemme Ville di Fiemme is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian nam ...

. It contains the ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' (subdivision) Radein (Redagno).

History

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 Azure may refer to: Color * Azure (color), a hue of blue ** Azure (heraldry) ** Shades of azure, shades and variations Arts and media * ''Azure'' (Art Farmer and Fritz Pauer album), 1987 * Azure (Gary Peacock and Marilyn Crispell album), 2013 * ...

argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to b ...

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 In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple). Gules is portrayed in heraldic hatch ...

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 German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, 1.85%

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

and 0.26% Ladin as first language.

References

External links

Official website
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