Kuens (German: [ˈkuːəns]; Italian: Caines [ˈkaines]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of the city of Bolzano in the Passeier Valley.
Kuens | |
|---|---|
| Gemeinde Kuens Comune di Caines | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kuens  | |
  Kuens Location of Kuens in Italy  Kuens Kuens (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol) | |
| Coordinates: 46°42′N 11°10′E / 46.700°N 11.167°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Manfred Raffl |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
| Population (Nov. 2010)[2] | |
| • Total | 399 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | German: Kuensner Italian: comesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 39010 |
| Dialing code | 0473 |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
editAs of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 399 and an area of 1.7 square kilometres (0.66 sq mi).[3]
Kuens borders the following municipalities: Riffian, Schenna and Tirol.
History
editIn the early eighth century, Kuens became the site of a small monastery founded by Saint Corbinian, who had been struck by the area's beauty on the second of his journeys to Rome. He bought some properties and planted vineyards and orchards and considered the area a "spiritual homeland", so much so that he chose it as the site for his burial.[4]
Coat-of-arms
editThe emblem represents a bishop (that is, Saint Corbinian) with a gules mantle, the mitre of Or and aureola; a pastoral staff of Or in his right hand. A brown bear, with a load tied up to her back, through the bishop. The emblem was adopted in 1968.[5]
Society
editLinguistic distribution
editAccording to the 2011 census, 96.28% of the population speak German, 3.47% Italian and 0.25% Ladin as first language.[6]
Demographic evolution
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 160 | — |
| 1910 | 219 | +36.9% |
| 1921 | 200 | −8.7% |
| 1931 | 204 | +2.0% |
| 1936 | 193 | −5.4% |
| 1951 | 225 | +16.6% |
| 1961 | 210 | −6.7% |
| 1971 | 242 | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 272 | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 304 | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 318 | +4.6% |
| Source: Data from ISTAT | ||
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Mitterer, Sigisbert (1928). "Die Bedeutung des hl. Bonifatius für das bayerische Klosterwesen". Studien und Mitteilungen zur Geschichte des Benediktiner-Ordens und seiner Zweige. 46: 333–60.
- ^ Heraldry of the World: Kuens
- ^ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info (38). Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol: 6–7. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
External links
edit- (in German and Italian) Homepage of the municipality
Media related to Kuens at Wikimedia Commons