Vöran

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Vöran

46°36′N 11°14′E / 46.600°N 11.233°E / 46.600; 11.233CountryItalyRegionTrentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)FrazioniAschl (Eschio)Government

• MayorThomas EggerArea

^[1]

• Total22.1 km² (8.5 sq mi)Population

(Nov. 2010)^[2]

• Total927 • Density42/km² (110/sq mi)Demonym(s)German: Vöraner
Italian: di VeranoTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

39010

Dialing code0473WebsiteOfficial website

Vöran (German: [ˈføːran]; Italian: Verano [veˈraːno]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 927 and an area of 22.1 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi).^[3]

The municipality of Vöran contains the hamlet of Aschl.

Vöran borders the following municipalities: Hafling, Mölten, Merano, Burgstall, and Sarntal.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is tierced per fess: the first of azure, the second a yoke on or and the third of gules. The insignia symbolize some peculiarities of the municipality. The yoke is referred to the cattle-breeding and the agriculture, the red to the mountains rich in porphyry and the azure to the blue-sky. The emblem was granted in 1967.^[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.90% of the population speak German and 2.10% Italian as first language.^[5]

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.
^ "Heraldry of the World. Voran". Ngw.nl. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
^ "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.