Eppan an der Weinstraße


Eppan an der Weinstraße, often abbreviated to Eppan or Appiano, is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 14,226 and an area of.
Eppan borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Bolzano, Kaltern, Nals, Terlan, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Vadena, Cavareno, Fondo, Malosco, Sarnonico, and Ronzone.

Frazioni

The municipality of Eppan contains the frazioni Frangart, Girlan, Missian, Montiggl, Perdonig, St. Michael, St. Pauls, Unterrain.

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents the coat-of-arms of the farm Hocheppan owned by the Lords of Eppan since the 9th century. In the left side it is depicted half star with eight rays and the crescent moon to the right, both of or on azure background. The emblem was adopted in 1967.

Notable sights

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 86.23% of the population speak German, 13.29% Italian, and 0.48% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution


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Notable people