Andrian (German pronunciation: [ˈandrɪan]; Italian: Andriano [andriˈaːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in Italy, located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,043 and an area of 4.9 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi).

Andrian borders the following municipalities: Eppan, Nals and Terlan.

History

Coat of arms

The emblem is that of the Lords of Andrian. It's party per pale of gules and argent with a pile curved inward and the colours alternating. The emblem was adopted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 89.96% speak German, 9.53% Italian and 0.51% Ladin as first language.

Language 1991 2001 2011 German 95.01% 97.32% 89.96% Italian 4.57% 2.55% 9.53% Ladin 0.42% 0.13% 0.51%

Demographic evolution