Hafling Explained
| Hafling |
| Official Name: | Gemeinde Hafling
Comune di Avelengo |
| Coordinates: | 46.65°N 25°W |
| Region: | Trentino-Alto Adige/SĂĽdtirol |
| Province: | South Tyrol (BZ) |
| Mayor: | Sonja Anna Plank |
| Area Total Km2: | 27.4 |
| Population Total: | 756 |
| Population As Of: | Nov. 2010 |
| Population Demonym: | de|Haflinger
it|avelignese or Italian: avelenghese |
| Postal Code: | 39010 |
| Area Code: | 0473 |
Hafling (pronounced as /de/; it|Avelengo pronounced as /it/) is an Italian Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in Italy about 20km (10miles) northwest of Bolzano and high above the valley basin of Merano.
Geography and population
As of January 1, 2024 it had a population of 701[1] and an area of 27.4km2.[2] Located on a high plateau at 1,290 meters (4232 feet) above sea level, it even has a skiing/hiking area which gets to 2000-2500 m.[3] [4]
Hafling borders the following municipalities: Merano, Sarntal, Schenna and Vöran.
History
The city gave its name to the Haflinger breed of horses.
Coat of arms
The emblem is a natural breed Haflinger horse on a mountain with three vert peaks, through a pine tree. The mountain and the pine symbolize that the village is located at high elevation. The coat of arms was granted in 1967.[5]
Society
Linguistic distribution
According to the 2024 census, 96.87% of the population spoke German, 3.13% Italian as first language.[6]
| Language | 1991 | 2001[7] | 2011[8] | 2024 |
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| German | 97.96% | 97.67% | 97.58% | 96.87% | | Italian | 2.04% | 2.33% | 2.42% | 3.13% | | Ladin | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Comune di Avelengo . 2025-10-23 . Comuni-Italiani.it.
- Web site: Avelengo - Merano and surroundings - South Tyrol . 2025-10-23 . suedtirolerland.it . en-GB.
- Web site: Avelengo - Merano and surroundings - South Tyrol . 2025-10-23 . suedtirolerland.it . en-GB.
- Web site: Hafling & surroundings: hiking & MTB a Merano Hirzer . 2025-10-23 . hotel-hirzer.com . en.
- http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/h/hafling.htm Heraldry of the World: Hafling
- December 2024 . Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024 . astat info . 56 . Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. 2024-12-09 .
- Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 17, table 10
- June 2012 . Volkszählung 2011/Censimento della popolazione 2011 . Astat Info . 38 . 6–7 . Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol . 2012-06-14 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165250/http://www.provinz.bz.it/astat/de/service/256.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=563169 . dead .
