Andrian

For the British steamship, see SS Andrian.

Andrian
Comune
Gemeinde Andrian Comune di Adriano
Andrian Location of Andrian in Italy
Coordinates:
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city	South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
• Mayor	Roland Danay
Area
• Total	4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation	285 m (935 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
• Total	1,043
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Andrianer Italian: andrianesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	39010
Dialing code	0471
Website	Official website

Andrian (Italian: Andrianocode: it is deprecated [andriˈaːno]) is a comune or Gemeinde (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,043 and an area of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi).

Andrian borders the following municipalities: Eppan, Nals and Terlan.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is that of the Lords of Andrian. It's party per pale of gules and argent with a pile curved inward and the colours alternating. The emblem was adopted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 89.96% of the population speak German, 9.53% Italian and 0.51% Ladin as first language.

Language 1991 2001 2011 German 95.01% 97.32% 89.96% Italian 4.57% 2.55% 9.53% Ladin 0.42% 0.13% 0.51%

Demographic evolution

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality
• (German) (Italian) (English) Tourism info