Kastelbell-Tschars

Kastelbell-Tschars (Castelbello-Ciardes ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 km northwest of Bolzano.

Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 2,387 and an area of 53.9 km2.

Kastelbell-Tschars borders the following municipalities: Latsch, Naturns, Schnals and Ulten.

Coat-of-arms
The emblem is a gules mill wheel, with eight paddles, on argent background. It retakes the insignia of Counts Hendl owners of the castle from 1531 to 1949.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 98.72% of the population speak German and 1.28% Italian as first language.