Sëlva

Sëlva
Sëlva
	Comune
	Chemun de Sëlva; Comune di Selva dVG; Gemeinde Wolkenstein in Gröden
	Sëlva Location o Sëlva in Italy
	Coordinates: 46°33′N 11°46′E / 46.550°N 11.767°ECoordinates: 46°33′N 11°46′E / 46.550°N 11.767°E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	Sooth Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Plan
Govrenment
• Mayor	Peter Mussner (SVP)
Area
• Total	53.2 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
Elevation	1563 m (5,128 ft)
Population (Nov. 2010)
• Total	2,637
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	German: Wolkensteiner ; Italian: gardenesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39048
Diallin code	0471
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Sëlva (pronunciation (help·info), German: Wolkenstein in Gröden; Italian: Selva di Val Gardena) is a comune (municipality) in the Val Gardena in Sooth Tyrol, northren Italy, locatit aboot 30 kilometre (19 mi) east o the ceety o Bolzano. The Ladin place name derives frae the Laitin silva ("firth").

Geografie

As o 30 Dizember 2010, it haed a population o 2,637 an a aurie o 53.2 square kilometre (20.5 sq mi).^[1] Sëlva borders the follaein municipalities: Badia, Campitello di Fassa, Canazei, Corvara, San Martin de Tor, an Santa Cristina Gherdëina.

It is aiblins best kent as ane o the stairtin points o the Sella Ronda ski tour.

History

Coat-o-airms

The emblem is quairterly, the first an third corners are per bend an per fess nebuly o argent an gules; the seicont an third corners are indentit o azur an argent on a sable tap. The emblem represents the insignia o the Lairds o Wolkenstein who built the local castle in 1291. The emblem wis adoptit in 1968.^[2]

Society

Linguistic distribution

Accordin tae the 2011 census, 89.74% o the population speak Ladin, 5.11% Italian an 5.15% German as first leid.^[3]

Demographic evolution

The fermhoose Piciulëi in Sëlva Gherdëina. Soothren aspect

References

↑ Aw demographics an ither statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
↑ "Heraldry of the World: Sëlva". Archived frae the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
↑ "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. Juin 2012. Retrieved 14 Juin 2012.

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Sëlva at Wikimedia Commons

(in Italian) (in German) Hamepage o the municipality

[istat-1] Aw demographics an ither statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

[2] "Heraldry of the World: Sëlva". Archived frae the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.

[3] "Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011". astat info. Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol (38): 6–7. Juin 2012. Retrieved 14 Juin 2012.

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