Pfalzen

Pfalzen is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 50km northeast of Bolzano.GeographyAs of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 2,753 and an area of 33.3km2.Pfalzen borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Kiens, Gais, St. Lorenzen and Mühlwald.FrazioniThe municipality of Pfalzen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Greinwalden (Grimaldo) and Issing (Issengo).HistoryCoat-of-armsThe escutcheon is party per pale of gules and argent; with a sickle in each side of opposite color. It is the coat of arms of the Plazoll zu Assling, Lords of Pfalzen in the Middle Ages, who built the castle of Sichelburg (sichel in German means sickle). The emblem was adopted in 1967.SocietyLinguistic distributionAccording to the 2011 census, 96.25% of the population speak German, 2.36% Italian and 1.39% Ladin as first language.Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray id:darkgrey value:gray id:sfondo value:rgb id:barra value:rgb