Laives

Laives (German: Leifers) is a town and a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian speaking municipalities in South Tyrol, and the fourth largest municipality in the province. Geography As of November 30, 2010, it had a population of 17,168 and an area of 24.3 square kilometres (9.4 sq mi). Frazioni The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions) Pineta (Steinmannwald), La Costa (Seit) and San Giacomo (St. Jakob) History Coat-of-arms The emblem consists of an argent pile, with concave sides on azure and a chapel on a mountain of gules. The sign, similar to that of the Counts of Lichtenstein who lived in the castle on Mount Köfele, represents the church of Peterköfele. The emblem was adopted in 1970. Society Linguistic distribution According to the 2011 census, 71.50% of the population speak Italian, 27.99% German and 0.51% Ladin as first language. References External links Official website (German) (Italian) Media related to Laives at Wikimedia Commons