Glurns is an urban comune (Stadt) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 80 km 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 13.0 km2. 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.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.13% of the population speak German and 3.87% Italian as first language.

Demographic evolution