Barbian

Barbian
Comune
Gemeinde Barbian Comune di Barbiano
Parish church of Saint James
Coat of arms
Location of Barbian
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Coordinates: 46°36′N 11°31′E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	Bolzano (BZ)
Frazioni	Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach
Government
• Mayor	Erich Mur
Area [1]
• Total	24.4 km^2 (9.4 sq mi)
Elevation	836 m (2,743 ft)
Population  (November 2010)[2]
• Total	1,601
• Density	66/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Demonyms	German: Barbianer Italian: Barbianesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39040
Dialing code	0471
Website	Official website

Barbian (German: [ˈbarbi̯aːn]; Italian: Barbiano [barˈbjaːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,601 and an area of 24.4 square kilometres (9.4 sq mi).^[3]

Barbian borders the following municipalities: Kastelruth, Lajen, Waidbruck, Ritten, and Villanders.

Frazioni

The municipality of Barbian contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Kollmann (Colma), St. Gertraud (Santa Gertrude), Saubach.

History

Place-name

The dwelling is mentioned for the first time in 994 as Parpian, the name deriving probably from the Latin personal name Barbius,^[4] a name also attested in Venetic inscriptions from the Roman era.

Coat-of-arms

The shield is tierced per fess in argent, vert and sable. In the second level are represented three churches: St. Nicholas, St. Gertrude and St. Magdalene, which are located in the mountains above the village. The sable bottom is crossed by a thin band of argent and gules, symbolizing the customs bar of the village of Kollmann sited in the municipality. The arms were granted in 1970.^[5]

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 97.53% of the population speak German, 1.87% Italian and 0.60% Ladin as first language.

Language 1991 2001[6] 2011[7] 2024[8] German 94.80% 97.47% 97.53% 96.74% Italian 4.56% 2.02% 1.87% 1.88% Ladin 0.64% 0.51% 0.60% 1.38%

Demographic evolution

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
3. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
4. Nomi d'Italia. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini. 2004.
5. Heraldry of the World: Barbian
6. Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10
7. "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
8. "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". astat info (56). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. December 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

External links

Media related to Barbian at Wikimedia Commons

• (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality