Aldein is a Gemeinde (municipality) in South Tyrol

South Tyrol

South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

 in the northern Italian

Italy

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 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km northeast of the city of Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

 and about 15 km south of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

The municipality of Aldein contains the frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivision) Radein (Redagno).

Aldein borders the following municipalities: Bronzolo

Bronzolo

Bronzolo is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 11 km south of the city of Bolzano....

, Carano

Carano

Carano is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 35 km northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 958 and an area of 13.6 km²....

, Daiano

Daiano

Daiano is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 35 km northeast of Trento.Daiano borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Varena, Carano, and Cavalese....

, Montan

Montan

Montan is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 35 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 20 km south of the city of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Deutschnofen

Deutschnofen

Deutschnofen is a comune in the province of South Tyrol in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 30 km southeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.-Geography:As of 30 November 2010, it had a...

, Auer, Truden and Varena.

Origin

A settlement called Aldinum is mentioned for the first time in 1177, in 1185 the name appears as Alden.

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is divided party per fess

Division of the field

In heraldry, the field of a shield can be divided into more than one area of different tinctures, usually following the lines of one of the ordinaries and carrying its name...

; on the top are two quarter-circle, azure

Azure

In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation....

 on argent

Argent

In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it...

 background that represents the Weisshorn. The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamelets on a gules

Gules

In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. as an abbreviation....

 background as the mountain of porphirite

Porphyry (geology)

Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. The larger crystals are called phenocrysts...

. The arms were adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution

Language 1991 2001 German 98.84 % 98.38 % Italian 0.97 % 1.37 % Ladin 0.19 % 0.25 %

Demographic evolution

As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,674 and an area of 63.2 km².

External links

Homepage of the municipality