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Laives
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Laives (), also known as Leifers (), is a town and a (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located about south of the city of Bolzano. Laives is one of only six mainly Italian-speaking municipalities in South Tyrol, and is the fourth-largest municipality in the province.
Laives is a town in the Italian-speaking region of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located south of the city of Bolzano. It is notable as one of only six predominantly Italian-speaking municipalities in the predominantly German-speaking province, and it ranks as the fourth-largest municipality there.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Laives
- Italian comune.native_name
- Leifers
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di LaivesGemeinde Leifers
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Laives dall'alto.jpg
- Italian comune.image_flag
- Laives-Bandiera.svg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Panorama of Laives.
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Laives-Stemma2.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
- Italian comune.province
- South Tyrol (BZ)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Pineta (Steinmannwald), La Costa (Seit), San Giacomo (St. Jakob)
- Italian comune.mayor_party
- SVP
- Italian comune.mayor
- Giovanni Seppi
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 24.3
- Italian comune.population_total
- 17168
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- Nov. 2010
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Italian: LaivesottiGerman: Leiferer
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 258
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 39055
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Stadtgemeinde Leifers - Startseite
Offizielle Webseite der Stadtgemeinde Leifers - Sito ufficiale della Città di Laives - Südtirol - Italien
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Laives
- Demonym
- laivesani
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- South Tyrol
- Population
- 18162
- Area
- 24.11
- Elevation
- 258
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Bolzano
- Official website
- www.comune.laives.bz.it
- Image
- Laives dall'alto.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0471
- Licence plate code
- BZ
- Patron saint
- Anthony the Great
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- contains settlement
- Steinmannwald
- Commons category
- Laives (Italy)
- postal code
- 39055
- Commons gallery
- Leifers
- member of
- Climate Alliance
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
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- Coat-of-arms
- Society
- Linguistic distribution
- Culture
- Notable people
- Notes
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Laives (), also known as Leifers (), is a town and a (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located about south of the city of Bolzano. Laives is one of only six mainly Italian-speaking municipalities in South Tyrol, and is the fourth-largest municipality in the province.
The town's main language fluctuated severely in the 19th and 20th centuries as part of Austria-Hungary and then the Kingdom of Italy. Laives' population is noted as being especially proficient in both Italian and German linguistic codes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laives” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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