Sankt Pankraz is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in South Tyrol

South Tyrol

South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the city of Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

 and about 20 km (12.4 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano/Bozen.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,589 and an area of 63.1 km² (24.4 sq mi).

Sankt Pankraz borders the following municipalities: Lana, Laurein

Laurein

Laurein is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km north of Trento and about 20 km west of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Naturns

Naturns

Naturns is a comune in the province of South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km north of the city of Trento and about 40 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.-Geography:...

,
Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St Felix, Tisens

Tisens

Tisens is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km north of the city of Trento and about 15 km northwest of the city of Bolzano .-Geography:...

, Ulten

Ulten

Ulten is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km northwest of Trento and about 35 km west of Bolzano .-Coat-of-arms:...

, and Castelfondo

Castelfondo

Castelfondo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 624 and an area of 25.8 km².Castelfondo borders the following municipalities: Brez, Fondo, St. Pankraz,...

.

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a tower with battlements, with a pavilion azure

Azure

In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation....

 roof, surrounded by a wall above a vert

Vert

The colour green is commonly found in modern flags and coat of arms, and to a lesser extent also in the classical heraldry of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period....

 hill with two fir-trees on each side on argent

Argent

In heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures, called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it...

. The castle tower corresponds to the Eschenloch Castle built in the twelfth century by the Counts of Ulten. The emblem was adopted in 1968.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2001 census, 99.81% of the population speak German, 0.13% Italian and 0.06% Ladin

Ladin

Ladin is a language consisting of a group of dialects spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the border regions of the provinces Trentino, South Tyrol and Belluno...

as first language.

External links

Homepage of the municipality