San Martin de Tor

San Martin de Tor (San Martino in Badia ; St. Martin in Thurn ) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 45 km northeast of the city of Bolzano.

Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,726 and an area of 76.5 km2.

San Martin is home to the Istitut Ladin Micurà de Rü, which is tasked with preserving and promoting the Ladin culture and language.

San Martin borders the following municipalities: Badia, Brixen, Corvara, La Val, Lüsen, Mareo, Santa Cristina Gherdëina, Sëlva and Villnöß.

Frazioni
The municipality contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) of Antermëia (Antermoia/Untermoi), Lungiarü (Longiarù/Campill), and Picolin (Piccolino/Pikolein).



Coat-of-arms
The shield is party per cross: the first quarter represents an argent tower with azure roof on sable; the second one is an argent cross pattée on gules, above three vert mountains. The third part of vert and the fourth of sable. The tower is a reference to Tor Castle and resumes the insignia of a noble family; the cross over the mountains recalls that the town was once the Courts.

Linguistic distribution
According to the 2011 census, 96.71% of the population speak Ladin, 1.82% Italian and 1.47% German as first language.