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Salorno

Salorno
Comune
Comune di Salorno
Gemeinde Salurn
Salorno in the Adige valley, view from the Haderburg
Salorno in the Adige valley, view from the Haderburg
Coat of arms of Salorno
Coat of arms
Salorno is located in Italy
Salorno
Salorno
Location of Salorno in Italy
Coordinates: 46°14′N 11°12′E / 46.233°N 11.200°E / 46.233; 11.200Coordinates: 46°14′N 11°12′E / 46.233°N 11.200°E / 46.233; 11.200
Country Italy
Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province / Metropolitan city South Tyrol (BZ)
Frazioni Gfrill (Cauria), Buchholz (Pochi)
Government
 • Mayor Roland Lazzeri (South Tyrolean People's Party)
Area
 • Total 33.2 km2 (12.8 sq mi)
Elevation 224 m (735 ft)
Population (31 Dec. 2011)
 • Total 3,591
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym(s) German: Salurner
Italian: salornesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 39040
Dialing code 0471
Website Official website

Salorno (Italian pronunciation: [saˈlorno]; German: Salurn [saˈlʊrn]) is the southernmost comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian speaking municipalities in South Tyrol.

The village centre is located on a scree in the Adige (Etsch) valley, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of the city of Trento and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Bolzano. Parts of the municipal area belong to the Naturpark Trudner Horn nature reserve, which is part of the Natura 2000 network. Salorno station is a stop on the Brenner Railway line from Innsbruck to Verona.

In the northwest Salorno borders the South Tyrolean municipalities of Kurtinig, Margreid, Montan, and Neumarkt. In the east and south it borders the Trentino municipalities of Capriana, Cembra, Faver, Giovo, Grauno, Grumes, Mezzocorona, Roverè della Luna and Valda. The Salurner Klause (Chiusa di Salorno), a narrow section of the Adige Valley between the Fiemme Mountains and the Nonsberg Group, marks the southern border of the South Tyrolean Unterland. Since about 1600 a German-Italian language border solidified here, a circumstance which received a nationalist emphasis by the 19th century, as referred to in the Bozner Bergsteigerlied.


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