Gargazon is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(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 Italian

Italy

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 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km north 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 northwest of Bolzano (Bozen).

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,639 and an area of 4.9 km².

Gargazon borders the following municipalities: Lana, Mölten

Mölten

Mölten is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km north of Trento and about 12 km northwest of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Nals

Nals

Nals is a Gemeinde in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 50 km north of the city of Trento and about 13 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.-Geography:...

, Burgstall, Terlan

Terlan

Terlan is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 50 km north of the city of Trento and about 9 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.-Geography:...

 and Tisens

Tisens

Tisens is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km north of the city of Trento and about 15 km northwest of the city of Bolzano .-Geography:...

.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents an 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...

 tower 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....

hill with three fruit trees. The tower is the Kröllturm built in 1240 by Bartold von Trauston. The emblem was adopted in 1968.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 census, 78.22% of the population speak German, 21.32% Italian and 0.46% Ladin as first language.

External links

Homepage of the municipality