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Olang

Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy

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Olang (German pronunciation: [ˈoˑlaŋ]; Italian: Valdaora [valˈdaːora]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of the city of Bolzano.

01Geography

As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 3,132 and an area of 49.0 square kilometres (18.9 mi²).

Olang borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Mareo, Prags, Rasen-Antholz, and Welsberg-Taisten.

Frazioni

The municipality of Olang contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Geiselsberg (Sorafurcia), Mitterolang (Valdaora di Mezzo), Niederolang (Valdaora di Sotto) and Oberolang (Valdaora di Sopra).

02History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is argent a bend vert on which are represented three cart’s wheels. The wheels symbolize the villages of Mitterolang, Oberolang and Niederolang and their disposition in the valley. The emblem was granted in 1968.

03Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 95.64% of the population speak German, 3.89% Italian and 0.47% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1861	?	,
1871	?	,
1881	?	,
1901	?	,
1911	?	,

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,524	,
1931	1,633	+7.2%
1936	1,771	+8.5%
1951	1,816	+2.5%
1961	1,941	+6.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	2,096	+8.0%
1981	2,300	+9.7%
1991	2,591	+12.7%
2001	2,797	+8.0%

Source: Data from ISTAT

04Notable people

Hansjörg Raffl, an Italian luger, two-time Olympic medalist

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This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Olang”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.

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Olang von goste.jpg by TVOlang, CC BY 3.0
Oberolang, Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt Dm18071 IMG 1294 2019-08-05 12.06.jpg by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0

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