Bard (Aosta Valley)

Bard
Country	Italy
region	Aosta Valley
Coordinates	45 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 36 '32 "  N , 7 ° 44' 44"  E
height	405  m slm
surface	3 km²
Residents	120 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	40 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	11020
prefix	0125
ISTAT number	007009
Popular name	Bardois
Patron saint	Assumption Day
Website	Bard
View from the fortress to the place

The fortress of Bard

Bard [ baˈr ] is an Italian municipality with 120 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Aosta Valley on the Dora Baltea river

It consists of the districts Issert, Crous, Albard and Valsourda. The neighboring municipalities are Arnad , Donnas and Hône .

Bard is part of the Unité des Communes valdôtaines Mont-Rose , an association of nine mountain communities in the Aosta Valley who work together to preserve the cultural heritage and promote tourism. Bard is also a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy)

The fortress of Bard , which was destroyed by Napoleon in 1800, but was rebuilt and expanded in the 19th century, is worth seeing .

Web links

Commons : Bard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the fortress of Bard (it, frz, eng)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed June 19, 2017 (Italian). 

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