Aldein (German: [alˈdaɪn]; Italian: Aldino [alˈdiːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the city of Bolzano.

Aldein borders the following municipalities: Bronzolo, Montan, Deutschnofen, Auer, Truden and Ville di Fiemme. It contains the frazione (subdivision) Radein (Redagno).

History

A settlement called Aldinum is mentioned for the first time in 1177, in 1185 the name appears as Alden.

Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms is divided party per fess; on the top are two quarter-circle, azure on argent background that represents the Weisshorn. The lower part shows the argent cross of Saint Andrew shortened that represent the four original hamlets on a gules background as the mountain of porphyrite. The arms were adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 98.07% of the population speak German, 1.74% Italian and 0.19% Ladin as first language.

Language 1991 2001 2011 German 98.84% 98.38% 98.07% Italian 0.97% 1.37% 1.74% Ladin 0.19% 0.25% 0.19%