Glurns


Glurns 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 876 and an area of.
Glurns borders the following municipalities: Mals, Prad am Stilfser Joch, Schluderns and Taufers im Münstertal.

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is party per pale: the first part represents half Tyrolean Eagle on argent; the second is tierced per fess of sable, argent and gules. The eagle represents the membership of the village to the Tyrol, while the colors sable, argent and gules are those of the city. The emblem was granted in 1528 by Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.13% of the population speak German and 3.87% Italian as first language.della popolazione 2011">
Language20012011
German96.51%96.13%
Italian3.37%3.87%
Ladin0.12%0.00%

Demographic evolution


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