Olang is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 km northeast of the city of Bolzano. There is no settlement named Olang.

Geography

As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 3,132 and an area of 49.0 km2. Olang borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Mareo, Prags, Rasen-Antholz, and Welsberg-Taisten.

Frazioni

The municipality of Olang contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Geiselsberg (Sorafurcia), Mitterolang (Valdaora di Mezzo), Niederolang (Valdaora di Sotto) and Oberolang (Valdaora di Sopra).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is argent a bend vert on which are represented three cart’s wheels. The wheels symbolize the villages of Mitterolang, Oberolang and Niederolang and their disposition in the valley. The emblem was granted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2011 census, 96.47% of the population speak German, 3.18% Italian and 0.34% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution