Tisens


Tisens is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of the city of Bolzano.
The commune is home to Castle Katzenzungen which harbors a 350+ year old vine of the Italian wine grape variety Versoaln that is considered one of the world's oldest and largest single grapevines in existence.

Geography

As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 1,845 and an area of.
The municipality of Tisens contains the frazioni Gfrill, Grissian, Naraun, Platzers, Prissian, and Schernag.
Tisens borders the following municipalities: Gargazon, Lana, Nals, St. Pankraz, and Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix.

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield is quartering of argent and gules; in the first and fourth part is a rose gules, in the second and third a sable erect bear. It is the coat of Family Frank who managed the village from 1551 until 1743. The emblem was granted in 1966.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.71% of the population speak German, 1.96% Italian and 0.34% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution


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