Glurns
Glurns (Glorenza ɡloˈrɛntsa; Gluorn) is an urban comune (Stadt) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 80 km northwest of Bolzano. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Glurns • Official Name — Stadtgemeinde Glurns Comune di Glorenza • Region — Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol • Province — South Tyrol (BZ) • Mayor — Erich Wallnöfer • Area Total Km2 — 13.0 • Population Total — 937 • Population As Of — 31-12-2025 • Population Demonym — German:Glurnser Italian: glorenzini • Elevation M — 907 • Postal Code — 39020 • Area Code — 0473
Geography
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 876 and an area of 13.0 km2. Glurns borders the following municipalities: Mals, Prad am Stilfser Joch, Schluderns, and Taufers im Münstertal.
Coat-of-arms
Coat-of-arms
The shield is party per pale: the first part represents half Tyrolean Eagle on argent; the second is tierced per fess of sable, argent and gules. The eagle represents the membership of the village to the Tyrol, while the colors sable, argent and gules are those of the city. The emblem was granted in 1528 by Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Linguistic distribution
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 96.49% of the population speak German and 3.51% Italian as first language. • Language — 2001 — 2011 — 2024 • German — 96.51% — 96.13% — 96.49% • Italian — 3.37% — 3.87% — 3.51% • Ladin — 0.12% — 0.00% — 0.00%
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- 1.Glurns - die kleine mittelalterliche Stadt, Glurns - Aktivitäten und Events in Südtirol.
- 2.Trentino Alto Adige. 9 January 2017.
- 3.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- 4.Heraldry of the World: Glurns
- 5.Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024. Astat Info. 56. December 2024.
- 6.Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10
- 7.Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011. Astat Info. 38. 6–7. June 2012.
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1- Paul FloraArtist
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