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Neumarkt, South Tyrol

Italian comune in the South Tyrol province

Field	Value
name	Neumarkt
official_name	Gemeinde Neumarkt
Comune di Egna
image_skyline	Neumarkt Egna.jpg
image_caption	View from the south
image_shield	Egna-Stemma.png
map	Map of comune of Egna (autonomous province of Bolzano, region Trentino-Alto Adige-Südtirol, Italy).svg
map_caption	Location of Neumarkt/Egna in the province of South Tyrol.
coordinates
region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
province	South Tyrol (BZ)
frazioni	Laag (Laghetti), Mazon (Mazzon), St. Florian (San Floriano), Vill (Villa)
mayor_party	South Tyrolean People's Party
mayor	Karin Jost
area_total_km2	23
population_total	5001
population_as_of	Nov. 2010
population_demonym	German: Neumarktner
Italian: egnesi
elevation_m	214
day	6 December
postal_code	39044
area_code	0471
website

Comune di Egna Italian: egnesi

Neumarkt (, ) or Egna () is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25 km south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 5,001 and an area of 23 km2.

Neumarkt borders the following municipalities: Kaltern, Kurtatsch, Kurtinig, Margreid, Montan, Salorno and Tramin.

Neumarkt is the chief town of the Überetsch-Unterland district. It is the main cultural, historical and artistic center with a very nice old town. The agglomeration includes the neighborhoods of Vill, Laag and Mazon. In the entire district Neumarkt is only the third most populated town after Laives and Eppan, which are agglomerated to the capital city Bolzano.

The town is situated on the plain, elevation 214 m, on the left side of the Adige river.

Neumarkt was a Roman village on the Claudia Augusta road; it was called Endidae. The sightseeing include the arcades of the old town, the parish church, the Local Culture Museum and the church of Vill.

Frazioni

The municipality of Neumarkt contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Laag (Laghetti), Mazon (Mazzon), St. Florian (San Floriano) and Vill (Villa).

History

Coat-of-arms

The escutcheon is party per pale, the left side represents the argent crescent moon on a gules background; in the right side a gules cross, with shortened arms, on an argent background. In a document dated 1395 Albrecht of Austria, brother of Duke Rudolf IV of Austria granted to the village, then called Newnmarkt, the use of the arms. The emblem was granted in 1967.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 60.78% of the population speak German, 38.84% Italian and 0.38% Ladin as first language.

Notable people

Lilli Gruber (born 1957 in Neumarkt), journalist and former politician

Sport

The ice hockey team HC Neumarkt-Egna is based in the town.

References

"Trentino Alto Adige".
All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy). Istat]].
Gritsch (1997). ''Neumarkt an der Etsch – Vergangenheit und Gegenwart'', pp. 73 s.
[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/n/neumarkt.htm Heraldry of the World: Neumarkt]
(December 2024). "Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024". Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol.

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