Olang (; ) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano.

Geography

As of 31 December 2015, it had a population of 3,132 and an area of .

Olang borders the following municipalities: Bruneck, Mareo, Prags, Rasen-Antholz, and Welsberg-Taisten.

Frazioni

The municipality of Olang contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Geiselsberg (Sorafurcia), Mitterolang (Valdaora di Mezzo), Niederolang (Valdaora di Sotto) and Oberolang (Valdaora di Sopra).

History

Coat-of-arms

The emblem is argent a bend vert on which are represented three cart’s wheels. The wheels symbolize the villages of Mitterolang, Oberolang and Niederolang and their disposition in the valley. The emblem was granted in 1968.

Society

Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 95.64% of the population speak German, 3.89% Italian and 0.47% Ladin as first language.

Demographic evolution

Notable people

• Hansjörg Raffl, an Italian luger, two-time Olympic medalist

References

External links

• Homepage of the municipality