St. Pankraz Explained

St. Pankraz
Official Name:Gemeinde St. Pankraz
Comune di San Pancrazio
Coordinates:46.5833°N 16°W
Region:Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province:South Tyrol (BZ)
Mayor:Thomas Holzner
Area Total Km2:63.1
Population Total:1589
Population As Of:Nov. 2010
Population Demonym:German: Pankrazer
Italian: di San Pancrazio
Elevation M:735
Saint:Saint Pancras
Postal Code:39010
Area Code:0473

St. Pankraz (pronounced as /de/; Italian: San Pancrazio pronounced as /it/) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 20km (10miles) northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,589 and an area of 63.1km2.[1]

Sankt Pankraz borders the following municipalities: Lana, Laurein, Naturns, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Tisens, Ulten, and Castelfondo.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a tower with battlements, with a pavilion azure roof, surrounded by a wall above a vert hill with two fir-trees on each side on argent. The castle tower corresponds to the Eschenloch Castle built in the twelfth century by the Counts of Ulten. The emblem was adopted in 1968.[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.84% of the population spoke German, 0.96% Italian and 0.19% Ladin as their first language.[3]

Demographic evolution

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Personalities

External links

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/s/st-pankr.htm Heraldry of the World: St. Pankraz
  3. June 2012 . Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011 . astat info . 38 . 6–7 . Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. 2012-06-14 .