Bolzano

Bozen

*Bozen* (German)
*Bozn* (Bavarian)
Bozen Bozen (German); Bozn (Bavarian)
Comune
	Comune di Bolzano; Stadt Bozen
	Panorama of Bozen
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Bozen
	Bozen Location of Bozen in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Bozen Bozen (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)
	Coordinates: 46°30′N 11°21′E / 46.500°N 11.350°E
Country	Italy
Region	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province	South Tyrol (BZ)
Government
• Mayor	Renzo Caramaschi (PD)
Area
• Total	52.3 km2 (20.2 sq mi)
Elevation	262 m (860 ft)
Population (2026)
• Total	106,901
Demonym(s)	Italian: bolzanini ; German: Bozner ; Ladin: bulsanins
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	39100
Dialing code	0471
Website	Official website

Bozen (Italian: Bolzano; German: Bozen; Ladin: Bulsan, Southern Bavarian: Bozn) is the capital city of the province of Province of Bolzano-Bozen in northern Italy's Alto Adige.

Its population is 98.057 (March 2005) and the area of the municipality is 52.34 km². Bolzano has had Italian-speaking inhabitants since the Middle Ages.^[3]

City districts and neighboring communities

Bozen has five city districts:

Centro-Piani-Rencio (German: Zentrum-Bozner Boden-Rentsch)
Don Bosco
Europa-Novacella (German: Europa-Neustift)
Gries-San Quirino (German: Gries-Quirein)
Oltrisarco-Aslago (German: Oberau-Haslach)

Communities next to Bozen are: Eppan, Karneid, Laives, Deutschnofen, Ritten, Jenesien, Terlan, and Vadena.

Other important towns near Bozen are: Brixen, Bruneck and Merano.

Twin cities

Sopron, Hungary

Notes

1 2 "Classificazioni statistiche – anno 2026". www.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)
↑ "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 2026-01-01. Retrieved 2026-04-01. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)
↑ History of Italian Bolzano

Other websites

City of Bolzano-Bozen (only in Italian and German)
Tourism Board
University
Eurac Research Archived 2004-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
Airport Archived 2005-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
Archaeology Museum

[IT-A-1] 1 2 "Classificazioni statistiche – anno 2026". www.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 2026-02-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)

[IT-P-2] "Resident population by age, sex and marital status on 1st January 2026". demo.istat.it. Italian National Institute of Statistics. 2026-01-01. Retrieved 2026-04-01. (Note: The file URL linking to technical dataset.)

[3] History of Italian Bolzano

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