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Country
  
Italy

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
South Tyrol

Province / Metropolitan city
  
South Tyrol (BZ)

Local time
  
Friday 10:33 AM

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Region
  
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

Frazioni
  
Karthaus (Certosa), Katharinaberg (Monte Santa Caterina), Unser Frau (Madonna)

Demonym(s)
  
German: Schnalser Italian: senalesini

Weather
  
10°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 58% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Funivia Ghiacciai Val Senal, ArcheoParc, Grawand, Niederjochferner, Im Hinteren Eis

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Schnals ( [ʃnals]; Italian: Senales [seˈnaːles]) is a comune (municipality) in the autonomous province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria. The municipality includes large parts of the Schnalstal.

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Map of 39020 Schnals, Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy

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Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,345 and an area of 211.2 square kilometres (81.5 sq mi).

Schnals borders the following municipalities: Kastelbell-Tschars, Latsch, Mals, Moos in Passeier, Naturns, Partschins, Schlanders, and Sölden (Austria).

Frazioni

The municipality of Schnals contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Karthaus (Certosa), and Katharinaberg (Monte Santa Caterina), Unser Frau (Madonna).

Coat-of-arms

The shield is azure and argent party per pale. The first part represents Gabriel of or with a sword in his right hand over the head, and a scales in the left, standing on a sable dragon with a gules tongue. Three azure gyrons, with the point on the division, are in the second part. The shield represents the patron saint of the Carthusian Abbey of Allerengelberg and the arms of the Lords of Schandersberg. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.24% of the population speak German and 1.76% Italian as first language.

References

Schnals Wikipedia