Feldthurns

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Comune di Velturno Gemeinde Feldthurns
Municipal coat of arms
Location of Feldthurns in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	Bolzano-Bozen (BZ)
Mayor	Dott. Herbert Dorfmann

Elevation	851 m (2,792 ft)
Area	24.8 km² (10 sq mi)
Population (as of Dec. 2004^[1])
- Total	2,629
- Density	106/km² (275/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	46°40′N, 11°36′E
Gentilic	Italian: velturnesi German: Feldthurner
Dialing code	0472
Postal code	39043
Frazioni	Caerne (Garn), Snodres (Schnauders), San Pietro Mezzomonte (Schrambach), Sottocolle (Unterum), Giovimano (Tschiffnon), Alla Difesa (Wehr), Gola (Gulln), Pedrazes (Pedraz)
Patron	Maria

Website: www.comune.velturno.bz.it

Feldthurns (Italian: Velturno; Archaic (985 AD): Velturnes) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 80 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 25 km northeast of the city of Bolzano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,629 and an area of 24.8 km².^[1]

The municipality of Feldthurns contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Caerne (Garn), Snodres (Schnauders), San Pietro Mezzomonte (Schrambach), Sottocolle (Unterum), Giovimano (Tschiffnon), Alla Difesa (Wehr), Gola (Gulln) and Pedrazes (Pedraz).

Feldthurns borders the following municipalities: Brixen, Klausen, Villnöß and Vahrn.

Ötzi the Iceman is attested to have spent his childhood here, some 5300 years ago.^[2]

[edit] Demographic evolution

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Müller, Wolfgang; Henry Fricke, Alex N. Halliday, Malcolm T. McCulloch, Jo-Anne Wartho (31 October 2003). "Origin and Migration of the Alpine Iceman". Science 302 (5646): 862–866. AAAS. doi:10.1126/science.1089837. PMID 14593178. Lay summary – Mummy Tombs (2007-12-16).

[edit] External links

(Italian) (German) Homepage of the city

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