Lüsen is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol, located about 40 km northeast of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,543 and an area of 74.2 km2. Lüsen (Luson) borders the following municipalities: Brixen, Mareo, Natz-Schabs, Rodeneck, St. Lorenzen, and San Martin de Tor.

Frazioni

The municipality of Lüsen (Luson) contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Berg (Monte), Petschied (Pezzè), Rungg (Ronco) and Flitt (Valletta).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem represents a knight in armor, with plumes, lance in rest on a horse facing left, both of argent on gules. The emblem, adopted in 1967, resumes an arms used by the administration of the Bishops of Brixen since 1607.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 97.77% of the population speak German, 1.39% Italian and 0.83% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution