Laurein

Laurein
Comune
Gemeinde Laurein Comune di Lauregno
Laurein Location of Laurein in Italy
Coordinates:
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city	South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
• Mayor	Hartmann Thaler
Area
• Total	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population (Nov. 2010)
• Total	346
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German:Laureiner Italian: lauregnesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	39040
Dialing code	0436
Website	Official website

Laurein (Italian: Lauregnocode: it is deprecated ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 346 and an area of 14.2 square kilometres (5.5 sq mi).

Laurein borders the following municipalities: Brez, Cagnò, Castelfondo, Cloz, Proveis, Revò, St. Pankraz and Ulten.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a sable plough on or square, with the sides curved and the corners decorated with shamrock on azure. The plough symbolizes the reclamation of the fields and their processing; the four vertices represent the four original German-speaking municipalities of Non Valley: Laurein, Proveis, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde and St. Felix. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.71% of the population speak German and 3.29% Italian as first language.

Demographic evolution

External links

• (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality

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