Gargazon


Gargazon is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,639 and an area of.
Gargazon borders the following municipalities: Lana, Mölten, Nals, Burgstall, Terlan and Tisens.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents an argent tower on a gules hill with three fruit trees. The tower is the Kröllturm built in 1240 by Bartold von Trauston. The emblem was adopted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 78.68% of the population speak German, 20.33% Italian and 0.99% Ladin as first language.della popolazione 2011">
Language20012011
German78.22%78.68%
Italian21.32%20.33%
Ladin0.46%0.99%

Demographic evolution


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