Laurein (; ) 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
South Tyrol
South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...
in northern
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
, located about west of
Bolzano
Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...
.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 346 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
Laurein borders the following municipalities:
Brez,
Cagnò,
Castelfondo,
Cloz
Cloz () 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 population of 710 and an area of .All demographics and ot ...
,
Proveis,
Revò,
St. Pankraz and
Ulten
Ulten (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of Bolzano.
History
Coat-of-arms
The shield is party per pale of argent; the first part shows half Tyrolean eagle; the second part is tierced per ...
.
History
Coat-of-arms
The emblem represents a
sable
The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaz ...
plough
A plough or ( US) plow (both pronounced ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden ...
on
or square, with the sides curved and the corners decorated with shamrock on
azure. The plough symbolizes the reclamation of the fields and their processing; the four vertices represent the four original German-speaking municipalities of Non Valley: Laurein,
Proveis,
Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde and St. Felix. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
Heraldry of the World: Laurein
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Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 97.77% of the population speak German and 2.23% Italian as first language.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
Homepage of the municipality
{{Authority control
Municipalities of South Tyrol
Nonsberg Group