Nals
Nals (; ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of the city of Bolzano. Geography. As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,815 and an area of . Nals borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Eppan, Gargazon, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Terlan, and Tisens. Frazioni. The municipality of Nals contains the "frazione" (subdivision) Sirmian (Sirmiano). History. Coat-of-arms. The shield is parted quarterly: the first and fourth quarter represent, in a mirror-like manner, a sable ox on argent; the second and third, always as  a mirror-like image, represents an argent swan on azure. These are the arms of the Lords of "Boymont-Payrsberg" who owned the "Schwanburg" and "Payrsberg" Castles. The coat of arms was granted in 1967. Society. Linguistic distribution. According to the 2011 census, 90.58% of the population speak German, 8.78% Italian and 0.64% Ladin as first language.