Gargazon (; ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of Bolzano.
Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,639 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
Gargazon borders the following municipalities: Lana, Mölten, Nals, Burgstall, Terlan and Tisens.
History
Coat-of-arms The emblem represents an argent tower on a gules hill with three fruit trees. The tower is the Kröllturm built in 1240 by Bartold von Trauston. The emblem was adopted in 1968.Heraldry of the World: Gargazon
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 80.51% of the population speak German, 18.41% Italian and 1.08% Ladin as first language.
Language 2001Oscar Benvenuto (ed.): "South Tyrol in Figures 2008", Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol , Bozen/Bolzano 2007, p. 16, table 10 2011 2024 German 78.22% 78.68% 80.51% Italian 21.32% 20.33% 18.41% Ladin 0.46% 0.99% 1.08%
Demographic evolution
Panorama
References
External links Homepage of the municipality