Barbian

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Barbian

46°36′N 11°31′E / 46.600°N 11.517°E / 46.600; 11.517CountryItalyRegionTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolProvinceBolzano (BZ)FrazioniKollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), SaubachGovernment

• MayorErich MurArea

^[1]

• Total24.4 km² (9.4 sq mi)Elevation

836 m (2,743 ft)Population

(November 2010)^[2]

• Total1,601 • Density66/km² (170/sq mi)DemonymsGerman: Barbianer
Italian: BarbianesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

39040

Dialing code0471WebsiteOfficial website

Barbian (German: [ˈbarbi̯aːn]; Italian: Barbiano [barˈbjaːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,601 and an area of 24.4 square kilometres (9.4 sq mi).^[3]

Barbian borders the following municipalities: Kastelruth, Lajen, Waidbruck, Ritten, and Villanders.

Frazioni

The municipality of Barbian contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach.

History

Place-name

The dwelling is mentioned for the first time in 994 as Parpian, the name deriving probably from the Latin personal name Barbius,^[4] a name also attested in Venetic inscriptions from the Roman era.

Coat-of-arms

The shield is tierced per fess in argent, vert and sable. In the second level are represented three churches: St. Nicholas, St. Gertrude and St. Magdalene, which are located in the mountains above the village. The sable bottom is crossed by a thin band of argent and gules, symbolizing the customs bar of the village of Kollmann sited in the municipality. The arms were granted in 1970.^[5]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.53% of the population speak German, 1.87% Italian and 0.60% Ladin as first language.^[6]

Language	1991	2001^[7]	2011^[6]
German	94.80%	97.47%	97.53%
Italian	4.56%	2.02%	1.87%
Ladin	0.64%	0.51%	0.60%

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.
^ Nomi d'Italia. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini. 2004.
^ Heraldry of the World: Barbian
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ 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