Deutschnofen
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Deutschnofen
| official_name = Gemeinde Deutschnofen
Comune di Nova Ponente
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| image_skyline = Deutschnofen - Deutschnofen.jpg
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| image_shield = Nova Ponente-Stemma.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|46|25|N|11|26|E|type:city(2,075)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
| province = South Tyrol (BZ)
| frazioni = Petersberg (Monte San Pietro), Sankt Nikolaus/Eggen (San Nicolò d'Ega)
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| mayor = Bernhard Daum
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| area_total_km2 = 112.49
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 4011
| population_as_of = 31 August 2020
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| population_demonyms = German: Deutschnofner
Italian: di Nova Ponente
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| elevation_m = 1357
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| postal_code = 39050
| area_code = 0471
| website = {{Official website|http://www.gemeinde.deutschnofen.bz.it}}
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Deutschnofen ({{IPA|de|ˌdɔʏtʃn̩ˈoːfn̩}}; {{langx|it|Nova Ponente}} {{IPA|it|ˈnɔːva poˈnɛnte|}}) is a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about {{convert|30|km|mi}} southeast of the city of Bolzano.
Deutschnofen borders the following municipalities: Aldein, Bolzano, Bronzolo, Karneid, Laives, Welschnofen, and municipalities of Predazzo, Tesero and Varena in Trentino.
The municipality of Deutschnofen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Petersberg (Italian: Monte San Pietro), Eggen (Italian: San Nicolò d'Ega), Rauth (Novale) and Obereggen, a small tourist village located on the foot of the Latemar, with some 900 inhabitants.
The A22 motorway is located {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} from the village. Deutschnofen shares 7 km of the frontier with Trentino. The Brantental valley connects it with Laives.
Coat-of-arms
The coat of arms is party per fess of argent and gules crossed, from edge to edge, from a knotty sable branch. The color argent symbolizes the deposits of dolomite and the gules ones those of porphyry; the branch represents the woodiness of the municipality. The emblem was adopted in 1969.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/d/deutschn.htm |title=Heraldry of the World: Deutschofen |access-date=2011-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801081312/http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/d/deutschn.htm |archive-date=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead }}
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 95.42% of the population speak German, 4.33% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.
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! Language |
| German
| align="right"| 97.10% | align="right"| 97.42% | align="right"| 95.42% |
| Italian
| align="right"| 2.51% | align="right"| 2.33% | align="right"| 4.33% |
| Ladin
| align="right"| 0.39% | align="right"| 0.25% | align="right"| 0.25% |
References
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External links
{{Commonscat|Deutschnofen}}
- [http://www.gemeinde.deutschnofen.bz.it Official website] {{in lang|de|it}}
- [http://www.obereggen.com/en/ Obereggen Official Website]
{{South Tyrol}}
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