Country Italy Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province South Tyrol | Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ) Postal code 39056 Local time Monday 4:18 AM | |
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Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Demonym(s) German: Welschnofner
Italian: novalevantini Weather 3°C, Wind N at 2 km/h, 99% Humidity Points of interest Karersee, Carezza Ski, Karerpass, Pension Simhild, Lake of Carezza | ||
Welschnofen ( [vɛlʃn̩'oˑfn̩]; Italian: Nova Levante [ˈnɔːva leˈvante]) is a comune (municipality) in the autonomous province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of the city of Bolzano.
Contents
- Map of Welschnofen Province of Bolzano South Tyrol Italy
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Linguistic distribution
- References
Map of Welschnofen, Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy
Geography
As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 1,910 and an area of 50.8 square kilometres (19.6 sq mi).
Welschnofen borders the following municipalities: Karneid, Moena, Deutschnofen, Pozza di Fassa, Predazzo, Tiers, and Vigo di Fassa.
Coat-of-arms
The escutcheon is party per quarterly: the 1st and the 4th represent an or rampant lion on sable, the arms of the Judge Bartlmä von Pretzenberg which has had an estate in the municipality. In the 2nd and 3rd quarter an azure mountain is surmounted by an argent pretzels on gules. The emblem was adopted in 1967.
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 94.00% of the population speak German, 5.53% Italian and 0.47% Ladin as first language.