Aldein

Aldein
Comune
Gemeinde Aldein Comune di Aldino
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 46°22′N 11°21′E / 46.367°N 11.350°E / 46.367; 11.350
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni	Radein (Redagno)
Government
• Mayor	Charlotte Oberberger Pichler
Area
• Total	63.2 km2 (24.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,225 m (4,019 ft)
Population  (31 August 2020)
• Total	1,648
• Density	26.1/km2 (67.5/sq mi)
Demonyms	Italian: di Aldino German: Aldeiner (Natives: Voldeiner)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39040
Dialing code	0471
Website	Official website

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 represents the four original hamlets on a gules background as the mountain of porphyrite. The arms were adopted in 1969.

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 97.89% of the population speak German, 1.85% Italian and 0.26% Ladin as first language.