Pfalzen
—  Comune  —
Gemeinde Pfalzen Comune di Falzes
Pfalzen Location of Pfalzen in Italy
Coordinates: 46°49′N 11°53′E / 46.817°N 11.883°E / 46.817; 11.883Coordinates: 46°49′N 11°53′E / 46.817°N 11.883°E / 46.817; 11.883
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Greinwalden (Grimaldo), Issing (Issengo)
Government
• Mayor	Josef Gatterer
Area
• Total	33.3 km2 (12.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,022 m (3,353 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,620
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym	German: Pfalzner Italian: di Falzes
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	39030
Dialing code	0474
Website	Official website

Pfalzen (Italian: Falzes) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 100 km northeast of Trento and about 50 km northeast of Bolzano.

Geography[link]

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,612 and an area of 33.3 km².^[1]

The municipality of Pfalzen contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Greinwalden (Grimaldo) and Issing (Issengo).

Pfalzen borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Kiens, Gais, St. Lorenzen and Mühlwald.

History[link]

Coat-of-arms[link]

The 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.^[2]

Society[link]

Linguistic distribution[link]

According to the 2001 census, 97.31% of the population speak German, 1.78% Italian and 0.91% Ladin as first language.^[3]

Demographic evolution[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

Media related to Pfalzen at Wikimedia Commons

• (German) (Italian) Homepage of the municipality

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