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Partschins

Partschins (; ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,523 and an area of .

Partschins borders the following municipalities: Algund, Lana, Marling, Moos in Passeier, Naturns, Plaus, Schnals, and Tirol.

Frazioni

The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Sonnenberg (Montesole), Quadrathöfe (Quadrato), Rabland (Rablà), Tabland (Tablà), Töll (Tel) and Vertigen (Vallettina).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a plow, placed diagonally on argent. The emblem is similar to that of the Knight Randolf von Partschins, a descendant of the noble family Götsch, who founded the village in about 1200, under the name Castle Stachlburg. The emblem was adopted July 25, 1967.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 94.89% of the population speak German, 4.84% Italian and 0.27% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

References

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