Glurns (; ; ) is an urban comune (Stadt) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of Bolzano. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 876 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
Glurns borders the following municipalities: Mals, Prad am Stilfser Joch, Schluderns, and Taufers im Münstertal.
History
Coat-of-arms The shield is party per pale: the first part represents half Tyrolean Eagle on argent; the second is tierced per fess of sable, argent and gules. The eagle represents the membership of the village to the Tyrol, while the colors sable, argent and gules are those of the city. The emblem was granted in 1528 by Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.Heraldry of the World: Glurns
Society
Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 96.49% of the population speak German and 3.51% Italian 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. 17, table 10 2011 2024 German 96.51% 96.13% 96.49% Italian 3.37% 3.87% 3.51% Ladin 0.12% 0.00% 0.00%
Demographic evolution
References
External links Homepage of the municipality