Gais, South Tyrol

Gais
Comune
Gemeinde Gais
Comune di Gais
Gais

Location of Gais in Italy

Coordinates: 46°50′N 11°57′E / 46.833°N 11.950°E / 46.833; 11.950Coordinates: 46°50′N 11°57′E / 46.833°N 11.950°E / 46.833; 11.950
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni Lanebach (Lana di Gais), Mühlbach (Riomolino), Tesselberg (Montassilone) and Uttenheim (Villa Ottone)
Government
  Mayor Christian Gartner
Area
  Total 60.3 km2 (23.3 sq mi)
Elevation 841 m (2,759 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
  Total 3,162
  Density 52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German:Gaiser
Italian: di Gais
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39030
Dialing code 0474
Website Official website

Gais (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡais]; German pronunciation: [ˈgaɪ̯s]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north-east of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,162 and an area of 60.3 km2 (23.3 sq mi).[1]

Gais is one of the three communes of South Tyrol whose name, for the reason of sounding "romance", remained unchanged by the early 20th century renaming programme which aimed at replacing mostly German place names with Italianised versions, the other two being Plaus and Lana.[2]

Gais borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Sand in Taufers, Pfalzen, Percha, and Mühlwald.

Frazioni

The municipality of Gais contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Lanebach (Lana di Gais), Mühlbach (Riomolino), Tesselberg (Montassilone) and Uttenheim (Villa Ottone).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is party per bend or and azure with two bendlets azure; the remaining field represents a sable eagle with a halo and the head facing left. The eagle symbolizes John the Evangelist which the parish church is dedicated and the two azure bendlets the two castles Kehlburg and Neuhaus. The emblem was adopted in 1956.[3]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Gais is twinned with:

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.05% of the population speak German, 2.65% Italian and 0.29% Ladin as first language.[4]

Demographic evolution

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Olt, Reinhard (28 September 2000). "Am Eisack (Isarco) und an der Etsch (Adige) Namen in Südtirol wecken nationale Leidenschaften". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  3. Heraldry of the World: Gais
  4. "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol) (38): 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

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