Bronzolo Explained

Bronzolo
Official Name:Comune di Bronzolo
Gemeinde Branzoll
Coordinates:46.4°N 30°W
Region:Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province:South Tyrol (BZ)
Mayor:Giorgia Mongillo
Area Total Km2:7.4
Population Total:2652
Population As Of:Nov. 2010
Population Demonym:Italian: bronzolotti
German: Branzoller
Elevation M:263
Postal Code:39051
Area Code:0471

Bronzolo (pronounced as /it/; German: Branzoll pronounced as /de/) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 11km (07miles) south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian speaking municipalities in South Tyrol.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,652 and an area of 7.4km2.[1]

Bronzolo borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Laives, Deutschnofen, Auer and Vadena.

History

Coat-of-arms

The arms is party per bend sinister of argent and vert. At the center is a sable cornet trimmed with a cord of or. The vert represents the Etsch mountain and the valleys; the cornet is a reference to the village's long use as a mail station. The emblem was adopted in 1968.[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 62.01% of the population speak Italian, 37.34% German and 0.65% Ladin as first language.[3]

Language2001[4] 2011
German 39.68%37.34%
Italian59.85% 62.01%
Ladin 0.47%0.65%

Demographic evolution

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External links

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Web site: Heraldry of the World: Branzoll . 2011-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120801074855/http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/b/branzoll.htm . 2012-08-01 . dead .
  3. June 2012 . Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011 . astat info . 38 . 6–7 . Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. 2012-06-14 .
  4. 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