Jenesien Explained

Jenesien
Official Name:	Gemeinde Jenesien Comune di San Genesio Atesino
Coordinates:	46.5333°N 31°W
Region:	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province:	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni:	Afing (Avigna), Flaas (Valas), Glaning (Cologna), Nobls (Montoppio)
Mayor Party:	SVP
Mayor:	Paul Romen
Area Total Km2:	69.0
Population Total:	2952
Population As Of:	Nov. 2010
Population Demonym:	German: Jenesier Italian: di San Genesio
Elevation M:	1000
Postal Code:	39050
Area Code:	0471

Jenesien (pronounced as /de/; Italian: San Genesio Atesino pronounced as /it/) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 4km (02miles) northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,952 and an area of 69km2.^[1]

Jenesien borders the following municipalities: Bolzano, Mölten, Ritten, Sarntal, and Terlan.

Frazioni

The municipality of Jenesien contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Afing (Avigna), Flaas (Valas), Glaning (Cologna), and Nobls (Montoppio).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is argent party per bend and five piles of gules, coming out of the diagonal division. It is the insignia of the Lords of Goldegg who lived in the village from 1190 to 1473. The emblem was adopted in 1966.^[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.79% of the population speak German, 3.07% Italian and 0.14% Ladin as first language.^[3]

Demographic evolution

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Twin towns

Jenesien is twinned with:

Feldkirchen-Westerham, Germany

External links

Homepage of the municipality

Notes and References

All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/j/jenesien.htm Heraldry of the World: Jenesien
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 .