Proveis 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 25 km west of Bolzano (Bozen).

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 274 and an area of 18.5 km².

Proveis borders the following municipalities: 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....

, Laurein

Laurein

Laurein is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km north of Trento and about 20 km west of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Rumo

Rumo

Rumo 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 833 and an area of 30.8 km²....

 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 black grouse

Black Grouse

The Black Grouse or Blackgame is a large bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal...

 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 pheasant symbolizes that the place was once famous for hunting

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

; the four vertices represent the four original German-speaking municipalities of Non Valley: Laurein

Laurein

Laurein is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km north of Trento and about 20 km west of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Proveis, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St Felix, the last two united. The emblem was adopted in 1966.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 census, 97.84% of the population speak German and 2.16% Italian as first language.

External links

Homepage of the municipality