Valtournenche
Appearance
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Valtournenche
Vótornéntse | |
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Comune di Valtournenche Commune de Valtournenche | |
Coordinates: 45°53′N 07°37′E / 45.883°N 7.617°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Aosta Valley |
Province | none |
Frazioni | Arsines, Avuil, La Barmasse, Les Battendières, Le Bioley, La Brengaz, Le Breuil, Chaloz, Champcartanaz, Champlève, Les Châtelards, Cheneil, Cheperon, Les Clous, Crépin, Le Crêt, Crétaz, Le Crêt-des-Perrères, Le Crou-Dessous, Le Crou-Dessus, Duerche, L'Évette, Facebellaz, La Fontanaz, Le Glair, La Glarénaz, Le Gouffre-des-Busserailles, Le Lac-Bleu, Les Laviels, Losanche, Le Loz, Maen, La Maisonnasse, La Montat, Le Mont-Mené, Le Mont-Perron, Le Moulin, La Murenche, Pâquier (chef-lieu), Pecou, Les Perrères, Pessey, Les Ponteils, Promindoz, Les Saix, La Servaz, Singlin, Tourtourouse, Ussin, Valmartin, La Venal[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 115 km2 (44 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,528 m (5,013 ft) |
Population (31 December 2022)[3] | |
• Total | 2,178 |
• Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
Demonym | Valtournains |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 11028 |
Dialing code | 0166 |
Website | http://www.comune.valtournenche.ao.it |
Valtournenche (French pronunciation: [valtuʁnɑ̃ʃ]; local Valdôtain: Vótornéntse) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above the sea level. It is named after and covers the upper side of the Valtournenche, a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, from Châtillon to the Matterhorn. Valtournenche municipality includes Breuil-Cervinia, whose ski resort is linked to Zermatt, Switzerland.[4]
History
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Notable people
[edit]- Jean-Antoine Carrel (1829–1890), mountain climber
- Jean-Joseph Maquignaz (1829–1890), mountain climber
- Georges Carrel (1800–1870), canon, mountain climber and botanist
- Luigi Carrel (1901–1983), mountain climber
- Piero Maquignaz, skier and mountain climber
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The Maën lake
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Maën lake seen from Pâquier
References
[edit]- ^ "Arrêté n° 479 du 21 septembre 2023 / Decreto 21 settembre 2023, n. 479" (PDF). Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta / Bulletin Officiel de la Région autonome Vallée d’Aoste. Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta / Région Autonome Vallée d'Aoste. p. 3433. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Valtournenche". Cervinia Ski Paradise. Cervinia. Retrieved 11 October 2018.