Burgstall, South Tyrol

Burgstall
Comune
Gemeinde Burgstall
Comune di Postal
Burgstall
Burgstall
Coat of arms of Burgstall
Coat of arms
Location of Burgstall
Map
Burgstall is located in Italy
Burgstall
Burgstall
Location of Burgstall in Italy
Burgstall is located in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Burgstall
Burgstall
Burgstall (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
Coordinates: 46°36′N 11°12′E / 46.600°N 11.200°E / 46.600; 11.200
CountryItaly
RegionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)
Government
 • MayorOthmar Unterkofler
Area
[1]
 • Total
6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population
 (Nov. 2010)[2]
 • Total
1,738
 • Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Demonym(s)German: Burgstaller
Italian: di Postal
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39014
Dialing code0473
WebsiteOfficial website

Burgstall (German pronunciation: [ˈbʊrkʃtal]; Italian: Postal [poˈstal]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

Geography

Burgstall is located in the Burggrafenamt. The municipality extends on the orographically left, eastern side of the valley and has a size of 6.7 square kilometres (2.6 sq mi), with about half of the land being agricultural green or forest. The village center is situated at about 270 m, slightly elevated above the valley floor. To the east, the municipal area rises up to 1000 m on the slopes of the Tschögglberg mountain; to the west, it ends at the Adige river.

Burgstall borders the following municipalities: Gargazon, Lana, Merano, Mölten, and Vöran.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem shows a eurasian sparrowhawk, which is to fly up, on argent. It is the arms of the Knights of Burgstall, the emblem was granted in 1966.[3]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 76.84% of the population speak German, 22.71% Italian and 0.45% Ladin as first language.

Language 2001[4] 2011[5] 2024[6]
German 73.99% 76.61% 76.84%
Italian 25.64% 22.78% 22.71%
Ladin 0.37% 0.61% 0.45%

Demographic evolution

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Heraldry of the World: Burgstall
  4. ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10
  5. ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  6. ^ "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". astat info (56). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

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