Comune in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy
The new St Joseph's Church in Algund Algund (German pronunciation: [alˈgʊnt] ;Italian :Lagundo [laˈɡundo] ) is acomune (municipality) inSouth Tyrol in northernItaly , located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest ofBolzano .
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 5,029 and an area of 23.6 square kilometres (9.1 sq mi).[ 3]
Algund borders the following municipalities:Lana ,Marling ,Merano ,Naturns ,Partschins ,Plaus andTirol .
The municipality contains thefrazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Aschbach (Riolagundo), Forst (Foresta), Mitterplars (Plars di Mezzo), Mühlbach (Riomolino), Oberplars (Plars di Sopra) and Vellau (Velloi).
The nameapud Algunde (Latin forclose to Algund ) appears for the first time in 994.[ 4]
The emblem is a barrel of wine, overhanged by a vine-shoot of black grapes, onor bordered by anargent andgules crown gear. The barrel and grapes symbolize theviticulture practiced in the area, the argent and gules indented frame represents the membership to theTyrol . The emblem was adopted in 1970.[ 5]
Linguistic distribution [ edit ] According to the 2024 census, 82.75% of the population speakGerman , 16.90%Italian and 0.35%Ladin as first language.
Language 2001[ 6] 2011[ 7] 2024[ 8] German 86.81% 85.17% 82,75% Italian 12.93% 14.58% 16.90% Ladin 0.26% 0.25% 0.35%
Demographic evolution [ edit ] note: after 1921, the frazione Forst was switched fromMarling to Algund. Media related toAlgund at Wikimedia Commons