Vöran

Vöran
Comune
Gemeinde Vöran Comune di Verano
Vöran
Coat of arms
Vöran Location of Vöran in Italy
Coordinates: 46°36′N 11°14′E / 46.600°N 11.233°ECoordinates: 46°36′N 11°14′E / 46.600°N 11.233°E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Aschl (Eschio)
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Egger
Area
• Total	22.1 km^2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population (Nov. 2010)
• Total	927
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Vöraner Italian: di Verano
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	39010
Dialing code	0473
Website	Official website

Vöran (German pronunciation: [ˈføˑran]; Italian: Verano [veˈraːno]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 927 and an area of 22.1 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi).^[1]

Vöran borders the following municipalities: Hafling, Mölten, Merano, Burgstall, and Sarntal.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is tierced per fess: the first of azure, the second an yoke on or and the third of gules. The insignia symbolize some peculiarities of the municipality. The yoke is referred to the cattle-breeding and the agriculture, the red to the mountains rich in porphyry and the azure to the blue-sky. The emblem was granted in 1967.^[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.90% of the population speak German and 2.10% Italian as first language.^[3]

Demographic evolution

References

1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
2. "Heraldry of the World. Voran". Ngw.nl. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
3. "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

Media related to Vöran at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality