Naturns

Naturns (Naturno ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.

Geography
As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 5,739 and an area of 67.0 km2.

Naturns borders the following municipalities: Kastelbell-Tschars, Algund, Lana, Partschins, Plaus, St. Pankraz, Schnals, and Ulten.

Frazioni
The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Staben (Stava) and Tabland (Tablà).

Coat-of-arms
The shield azure and an equilateral triangle of or. It is taken from that of the old dynasty of the Lords of Nals who lived in the village until 1380. The coat of arms was granted in 1966.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 96.83% of the population speak German, 3.04% Italian and 0.14% Ladin as first language.

Places of interest

 * St. Proculus Church: built in the seventh century, conserves pre-Carolingian frescos
 * Juval Castle: residence of Reinhold Messner, displays different art exhibitions
 * Texel Group Nature Park
 * Train World
 * Erlebnisbad/ Acquavventura Naturno

Events

 * Schwalbe-TOUR-Transalp (MTB race in seven stages across the Austrian and Italian Alps)
 * Ötzi Alpine Marathon (extreme triathlon/mountain biking, running, ski mountaineering)
 * Naturno Pottery Market (international participation, every two years)
 * The Night of Lights (dine under the stars, in July)
 * Naturno laughs! (International Summer Comedy Festival)
 * Riesling Wine Festival (Naturno Gourmet Autumn)
 * Farmer's Cooking from the Monte Sole (Naturno Gourmet Autumn)
 * Chestnut Festival in Naturno (traditional culinary experience, on Wednesdays in October)

Twin towns and sister cities

 * Axams in Austria
 * Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis in Germany