Deutschnofen

Deutschnofen
Comune
Gemeinde Deutschnofen
Comune di Nova Ponente
Location of Deutschnofen
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Deutschnofen is located in Italy
Deutschnofen
Deutschnofen
Location of Deutschnofen in Italy
Deutschnofen is located in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Deutschnofen
Deutschnofen
Deutschnofen (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
Coordinates: 46°25′N 11°26′E / 46.417°N 11.433°E / 46.417; 11.433
CountryItaly
RegionTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
ProvinceSouth Tyrol (BZ)
FrazioniPetersberg (Monte San Pietro), Sankt Nikolaus/Eggen (San Nicolò d'Ega)
Government
 • MayorBernhard Daum
Area
[1]
 • Total
112.49 km2 (43.43 sq mi)
Elevation
1,357 m (4,452 ft)
Population
 (31 August 2020)[2]
 • Total
4,011
 • Density36/km2 (92/sq mi)
DemonymsGerman: Deutschnofner
Italian: di Nova Ponente
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
39050
Dialing code0471
WebsiteOfficial website

Deutschnofen (German pronunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃn̩ˈoːfn̩]; Italian: Nova Ponente [ˈnɔːva poˈnɛnte]) is a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the city of Bolzano.

Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, Welschnofen, and municipalities of Predazzo, Tesero and Varena in Trentino.

The municipality of Deutschnofen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Petersberg (Italian: Monte San Pietro), Eggen (Italian: San Nicolò d'Ega), Rauth (Novale) and Obereggen, a small tourist village located on the foot of the Latemar, with some 900 inhabitants.

The A22 motorway is located 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the village. Deutschnofen shares 7 km of the frontier with Trentino. The Brantental valley connects it with Laives.


Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is party per fess of argent and gules crossed, from edge to edge, from a knotty sable branch. The color argent symbolizes the deposits of dolomite and the gules ones those of porphyry; the branch represents the woodiness of the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1969.[3]

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 95.42% of the population speak German, 4.33% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.

Language 2001[4] 2011[5] 2024[6]
German 97.10% 97.42% 95.42%
Italian 2.51% 2.33% 4.33%
Ladin 0.39% 0.25% 0.25%
Location of Deutschnofen within the Province of Bolzano-Bozen

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: Deutschofen". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  4. ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, 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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