Vadena

Vadena
Vadena
Comune
	Comune di Vadena; Gemeinde Pfatten
	Location of Vadena
	Vadena Location of Vadena in Italy Vadena Vadena (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°25′N 11°18′E / 46.417°N 11.300°E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol
Frazioni	Piccolongo (Piglon)
Government
• Mayor	Elmar Oberhofer
Area
• Total	13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Elevation	243 m (797 ft)
Population (July 2023)
• Total	1,101
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Italian: vadenesi; German: Pfattner
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39051
Dialing code	0471
Website	Official website

Vadena (Italian pronunciation: [ˈvaːdena]; German: Pfatten [ˈpfatn̩]) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian speaking municipalities in South Tyrol.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 1,005 and an area of 13.5 square kilometres (5.2 sq mi).^[3]

Vadena borders the following municipalities: Auer, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Eppan, Kaltern, Laives and Tramin.

Frazioni

The municipality of Vadena contains the frazione (subdivision) Piccolongo (Piglon) and is home to the medieval castle of Laimburg.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is party per fess of argent and vert with a thin fess of argent under the division. In the first part is depicted in a central position, a green mountain with the ruins of a tower, and on each side two highest mountains. In the second part is a thin barry wavy of argent. The emblem symbolizes the geographical position of the municipality: the ruins of the tower represent the Laimburg Castle, the two peaks of the Mitterberg, the thin band of the motorway A22 and the wavy river Adige. The coat of arms was granted in 1969.^[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 61.50% of the population speak Italian, 38.06% German and 0.44% Ladin as their first language.^[5]

Language	2001^[6]	2011^[5]
German	42.40%	38.06%
Italian	57.09%	61.50%
Ladin	0.51%	0.44%

Demographic evolution

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Bilancio demografico mensile". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Heraldry of the World: Vadena
^ ^a ^b "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10

External links

(in Italian and German) Homepage of the municipality

Media related to Vadena at Wikimedia Commons

[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[2] "Bilancio demografico mensile". demo.istat.it. Retrieved 2023-10-20.

[istat-3] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[4] Heraldry of the World: Vadena

[Volkszählung_2011/Censimento_della_popolazione_2011-5] "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

[Provincial_Statistics_Institute_of_the_Autonomous_Province_of_South_Tyrol-6] Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10

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