Valtournenche

Valtournenche

Valtournenche

Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy


Valtournenche (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]

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History

Notable people

  • 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

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. "Valtournenche". Cervinia Ski Paradise. Cervinia. Retrieved 11 October 2018.



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