Laurein 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 45 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 20 km west of Bolzano (Bozen).

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 346 and an area of 14.2 km².

Laurein borders the following municipalities: Brez

Brez

Brez is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2006, it had a population of 801 and an area of 18.9 km²....

, Cagnò

Cagnò

Cagnò is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 35 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 378 and an area of 3.3 km²....

, Castelfondo

Castelfondo

Castelfondo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 624 and an area of 25.8 km².Castelfondo borders the following municipalities: Brez, Fondo, St. Pankraz,...

, Cloz

Cloz

Cloz is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 710 and an area of 8.3 km²....

, Proveis

Proveis

Proveis is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km north of Trento and about 25 km west of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Revò

Revò

Revò is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 35 km north of Trento...

, St. Pankraz

St. Pankraz

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

 and Ulten

Ulten

Ulten is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km northwest of Trento and about 35 km west of Bolzano .-Coat-of-arms:...

.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a sable

Sable (heraldry)

In heraldry, sable is the tincture black, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures, called "colours". In engravings and line drawings, it is sometimes depicted as a region of crossed horizontal and vertical lines or else marked with sa. as an abbreviation.The name derives from the black fur of...

 plough

Plough

The plough or plow is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture...

 on or

Or (heraldry)

In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent , belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots...

 square, with the sides curved and the corners decorated with shamrock on azure

Azure

In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation....

. The plough symbolizes the reclamation of the fields and their processing; the four vertices represent the four original German-speaking municipalities of Non Valley: Laurein Proveis

Proveis

Proveis is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km north of Trento and about 25 km west of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St Felix, the last two united. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 census, 99.72 % of the population speak German and 0.28% Italian as first language.

External links

Homepage of the municipality