Nals
Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
Nals (German pronunciation: [nals]; Italian: Nalles [ˈnalles]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.
01Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,815 and an area of 12.3 square kilometres (4.7 mi2).
Nals borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Eppan, Gargazon, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Terlan, and Tisens.
Frazioni
The municipality of Nals contains the frazione (subdivision) Sirmian (Sirmiano).
02History
Coat-of-arms
The shield is parted quarterly: the first and fourth quarter represent, in a mirror-like manner, a sable ox on argent; the second and third, always as a mirror-like image, represents an argent swan on azure. These are the arms of the Lords of Boymont-Payrsberg who owned the Schwanburg and Payrsberg Castles. The coat of arms was granted in 1967.
03Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 88.96% of the population speak German, 10.31% Italian and 0.73% Ladin as first language.
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Sources and credits
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- Nals Rathaus.jpg by Richard Huber, CC BY-SA 3.0
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