Gressoney-Saint-Jean

Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Comune
	Comune di Gressoney-Saint-Jean; Commune de Gressoney-Saint-Jean; Gemeinde Gressoney-Saint-Jean
	The Savoy castle in Gressoney-St. Jean
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gressoney-Saint-Jean
	Gressoney-Saint-Jean Location of Gressoney-Saint-Jean in Italy Gressoney-Saint-Jean Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Aosta Valley)
	Coordinates: 45°47′N 07°49′E / 45.783°N 7.817°E
Country	Italy
Region	Aosta Valley
Province	none
Frazioni	Bieltschòcke (Bieltschucken), Bode, Chaschtal, Dresal, Loomatto (Loomatten), Méttelteil (Mittelteil), Mettie (Mettien), Noversch, Òbre Biel (Ober Biel), Òbre Champsil (Ober Champsil), Òbro Verdebio (Ober Verdebien), Ònderteil (Unterteil), Òndre Biel (Unter Biel), Òndre Champsil (Unter Champsil), Òndro Verdebio (Unter Verdebien), Perletoa, Predeloasch, Stobene, Trentostäg (Trentosbrück), Tschemenoal (Chemonal), Tschoarde, Tschossil, Woald (Wald)
Area
• Total	69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Population (December 31, 2004)
• Total	790
• Density	11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	11025
Dialing code	0125
Website	Official website

Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Gressoney Walser: Greschòney Zer Chilchu; Arpitan: Gressonèy-Sèn-Dzan) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.

Geography

The town is situated in a valley formed by the small river Lys (Dora Baltea) which is fed by the Lys glacier.

History, Walser culture and language

Historically Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Gressoney-La-Trinité have been two separate comunes.^{[citation needed]} They form a Walser German cultural unity known as Greschòney or Creschnau in Greschoneytitsch (or simply Titsch), the local Walser German dialect, or Kressenau in German.

In 1868, the Lys flooded the village.

From 1928 until 1946 the two were united into one commune, officially named Gressoney, which from 1939 onward was Italianized as Gressonei. After WWII, the two former communes were reconstituted.^{[citation needed]}

An example of Greschòneytitsch:

Walser German	German	English
Endsche Attò das béscht em Hémmel, dass héilege sígge Dín Noame. Chéeme Dín Herrschaft.^[3]	Vater unser der Du bist im Himmel, geheiligt werde Dein Name. Dein Reich komme.	Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come,

Points of interest

Savoy Castle Alpine Botanical Garden, an alpine botanical garden

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Das Vaterunser auf Walserisch (Greschòney)" (in Walser). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

External links

Gressoney-Saint-Jean Tourist information www.gressoneyonline.it (Italian), retrieved 9 August 2017

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v11-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v11-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[3] "Das Vaterunser auf Walserisch (Greschòney)" (in Walser). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

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