Kuens Explained

Kuens
Official Name:Gemeinde Kuens
Comune di Caines
Coordinates:46.7°N 21°W
Region:Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province:South Tyrol (BZ)
Mayor:Manfred Raffl
Area Total Km2:1.7
Population Total:399
Population As Of:Nov. 2010
Population Demonym:German: Kuensner
Italian: comesi
Postal Code:39010
Area Code:0473

Kuens (pronounced as /de/; Italian: Caines pronounced as /it/) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25km (16miles) northwest of the city of Bolzano in the Passeier Valley.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 399 and an area of 1.7km2.[1]

Kuens borders the following municipalities: Riffian, Schenna and Tirol.

History

In the early eighth century, Kuens became the site of a small monastery founded by Saint Corbinian, who had been struck by the area's beauty on the second of his journeys to Rome. He bought some properties and planted vineyards and orchards and considered the area a "spiritual homeland", so much so that he chose it as the site for his burial.[2]

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a bishop (that is, Saint Corbinian) with a gules mantle, the mitre of Or and aureola; a pastoral staff of Or in his right hand. A brown bear, with a load tied up to her back, through the bishop. The emblem was adopted in 1968.[3]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.28% of the population speak German, 3.47% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.[4]

Demographic evolution

External links

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Mitterer. Sigisbert. 1928. Die Bedeutung des hl. Bonifatius für das bayerische Klosterwesen. Studien und Mitteilungen zur Geschichte des Benediktiner-Ordens und seiner Zweige. 46. 333–60.
  3. http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/k/kuens.htm Heraldry of the World: Kuens
  4. 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 .