Andrian (German pronunciation: [ˈandrɪan]; Italian: Andriano [andriˈaːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in Italy, located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,043 and an area of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi).[3]

Andrian borders the following municipalities: Eppan, Nals and Terlan.

History

Coat of arms

The emblem is that of the Lords of Andrian. It's party per pale of gules and argent with a pile curved inward and the colours alternating. The emblem was adopted in 1968.[4]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 90.54% speak German, 8.58% Italian and 0.88% Ladin as first language.

Language 1991 2001[5] 2011[6] 2024[7]
German 95.01% 97.32% 89.96% 90.54%
Italian 4.57% 2.55% 9.53% 8.58%
Ladin 0.42% 0.13% 0.51% 0.88%

Demographic evolution

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  4. ^ of the World: Andrian[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". astat info (56). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

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