Dambel

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Comune di Dambel
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province Trento (TN)
Mayor Flavio Pedrotti
Elevation 750 m
Area 5.1 km²
Population
 - Total (as of Dec. 2004) 436
 - Density 86/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 46°24′N 11°6′E
Gentilic
Dialing code 0463
Postal code 38010


Location of Dambel in Italy
Website: http://www.comunedambel.it

Dambel is a comune (municipality) in the Autonomous Province of Trento in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 35 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 436 and an area of 5.1 km2.[1]

Dambel is located in the middle of the Val di Non at an altitude of 750 meters. It is on the provincial highway between Sanzeno to the south and Sarnonico to the north. The town's name derives from the Latin word ambulum because it was at an historical crossroads on the commercial road between Lombardy and Germany, which crossed through Dambel and over the Novella River at the Pozzena bridge. Today the economy of Dambel is concentrated on the production of golden delicious apples.

Dambel borders the following municipalities: Brez, Sarnonico, Cloz, Romallo, Romeno, and Sanzeno.


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  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

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