{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Eppan | official_name = Gemeinde Eppan an der Weinstraße<br>Comune di Appiano sulla Strada del Vino | native_name = | image_skyline = Gantkofel_von_S%C3%BCdost.JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Eppan an der Weinstraße | image_shield = Appiano sulla strada del vino-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|46|27|N|11|16|E|type:city(13,157)_region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | province = South Tyrol (BZ) | frazioni = Berg (Monte), Frangart (Frangarto), Girlan (Cornaiano), Missian (Missiano), Montiggl (Monticolo), Perdonig (Predonico), St. Michael (San Michele), St. Pauls (San Paolo), Unterrain (Riva di Sotto) | mayor_party = | mayor = Lorenz Ebner | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 59.7 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 14226 | population_as_of = Nov. 2010<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref> | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = German: Eppaner<br>Italian: appianesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 239 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = | day = | postal_code = 39057 | area_code = 0471 | website = {{official website|http://www.gemeinde.eppan.bz.it}} | footnotes = }}
'''Eppan an der Weinstraße''' ({{IPA|de-AT|ˈɛpan an deːɐ̯ ˈvaɪnˌʃtraːsɛ|lang}}; {{langx|it|Appiano sulla Strada del Vino}} {{IPA|it|apˈpjaːno sulla ˈstraːda del ˈviːno|}}), often abbreviated to '''Eppan''' or '''Appiano''', is a {{lang|it|comune}} (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} southwest of the city of Bolzano.
==Geography== As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 14,226 and an area of {{convert|59.7|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="istat"/>
Eppan borders the following municipalities: Andrian, Bolzano, Kaltern, Nals, Terlan, Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Vadena, Cavareno, Fondo, Malosco, Sarnonico, and Ronzone.
===Frazioni=== The municipality of Eppan contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Frangart (Frangarto), Girlan (Cornaiano), Missian (Missiano), Montiggl (Monticolo), Perdonig (Predonico), St. Michael (San Michele), St. Pauls (San Paolo), Unterrain (Riva di Sotto).
==History==
===Coat-of-arms=== The emblem represents the coat-of-arms of the ''Hocheppan'' castle owned by the Lords of ''Eppan'' since the 11th century. In the left side it is depicted half star with eight rays and the crescent moon to the right, both of or on azure background. The emblem was adopted in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/e/eppan.htm |title=Heraldry of the World: Eppan |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801062652/http://www.ngw.nl/int/ita/e/eppan.htm |archive-date=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Notable sights == * Ansitz Kreit
==Society==
===Linguistic distribution=== According to the 2024 census, 84.17% of the population speak German, 15.36% Italian, and 0.47% Ladin as first language.<ref name="Volkszählung 2024/Censimento della popolazione 2024">{{cite journal |date=December 2024 |title=Ergebnisse Sprachgruppenzählung 2024/Risultati Censimento linguistico 2024 |journal=astat info |issue=56 |publisher=Provincial Statistics Institute of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol|url=https://astat.provinz.bz.it/de/aktuelles-publikationen-info.asp?news_action=300&news_image_id=1160209 |access-date=2024-12-09 }}</ref>
===Demographic evolution=== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |graph-pos=bottom |1860|? |1870|? |1880|4720 |1900|? |1910|6078 |1921|6332 |1931|6890 |1936|7061 |1951|7454 |1961|7912 |1971|9071 |1981|10112 |1991|10914 |2001|12657 | source=Data from ISTAT }}
== Notable people == * Egno von Eppan (died 1273), nobleman, prince-bishop of Brixen and Trent * Johann Georg Platzer (1704–1761), Rococo painter and draughtsman * Leonhard von Call (1767–1815), composer and virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar * Sepp Kerschbaumer (1913–1964) South Tyrolean freedom fighter/terrorist, born in Frangart (Frangarto) * George McAnthony (1966–2011), country singer and songwriter * Sabina Panzanini (born 1972), former Alpine skier, competed at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.gemeinde.eppan.bz.it Official website] {{in lang|de|it}} {{Commons category|Eppan an der Weinstraße}}
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