St. Martin in Passeier

St. Martin in Passeier is a comune (municipality) in the Passeier Valley in South Tyrol, northern Italian, located about 35km northwest of Bolzano.GeographyAs of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,137 and an area of 30.5km2.The municipality of St Martin in Passeier contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Saltaus (Saltusio), Quellenhof (Sorgente), Ried (Novale), Kalmtal (Valclava), Christl (Cresta), Flon (Vallone), and Matatz (Montaccio),St Martin in Passeier borders the following municipalities: Moos in Passeier, Riffian, and St Leonhard in Passeier.HistoryCoat-of-armsThe coat of arms is argent and azure party per pale; in the first part is an azure halberd, in the second half an argent wheel, with four rays. The halberd symbolizes the privileges of the free farmers, while the wheel the village laboriousness.SocietyLinguistic distributionAccording to the 2011 census, 99.10% of the population speak German, 0.86% Italian and 0.03% Ladin as first language.Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray id:darkgrey value:gray id:sfondo value:rgb id:barra value:rgb