Gais, South Tyrol

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Country Italy Elevation 841 m (2,759 ft) Area 60.3 km² Local time Thursday 7:01 PM Dialling code 0474		Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province South Tyrol Postal code 39030

Frazioni Lanebach (Lana di Gais), Mühlbach (Riomolino), Tesselberg (Montassilone) and Uttenheim (Villa Ottone) Demonym(s) German:Gaiser Italian: di Gais Weather 8°C, Wind W at 0 km/h, 85% Humidity Region Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

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

Map of 39030 Gais, Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy

Geography

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

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.

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).

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.