Naturns is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 5,739 and an area of 67.0 km2. Naturns borders the following municipalities: Kastelbell-Tschars, Algund, Lana, Partschins, Plaus, St. Pankraz, Schnals, and Ulten.

Frazioni

The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Staben (Stava) and Tabland (Tablà).

History

Coat-of-arms

The shield azure and an equilateral triangle of or. It is taken from that of the old dynasty of the Lords of Nals who lived in the village until 1380. The coat of arms was granted in 1966.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.83% of the population speak German, 3.04% Italian and 0.14% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

Places of interest

Events

Gallery

Twin towns and sister cities