Aldein

Aldein
—  Comune  —
Gemeinde Aldein
Comune di Aldino

Coat of arms
Aldein
Location of Aldein in Italy
Coordinates:
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni Radein (Redagno)
Government
 • Mayor Christoph Matzneller
Area
 • Total 63.2 km2 (24.4 sq mi)
Elevation 1,225 m (4,019 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
 • Total 1,664
 • Density 26.3/km2 (68.2/sq mi)
Demonym Italian: di Aldino
German: Aldeiner
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39040
Dialing code 0471
Website Official website

Aldein (Italian: Aldino) is a Gemeinde (municipality) in South Tyrol in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 15 km south of the city of Bolzano.

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Geography

The municipality of Aldein contains the frazione (subdivision) Radein (Redagno).

Aldein borders the following municipalities: Bronzolo, Carano, Daiano, Montan, Deutschnofen, Auer, Truden and Varena.

History

Origin

A settlement called Aldinum is mentioned for the first time in 1177, in 1185 the name appears as Alden.[1]

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is divided party per fess; on the top are two quarter-circle, azure on argent background that represents the Weisshorn. The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamelets on a gules background as the mountain of porphirite. The arms were adopted in 1969. [2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

Language 1991 2001[3]
German 98.84 % 98.38 %
Italian 0.97 % 1.37 %
Ladin 0.19 % 0.25 %

Demographic evolution

As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,674 and an area of 63.2 km².[4]

References

  1. ^ Egon Kühebacher (1991), Die Ortsnamen Südtirols und ihre Geschichte, Bozen: Athesia, p. 26
  2. ^ Heraldry of the World: Aldin
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links

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