Moncenisio

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Moncenisio
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Moncenisio (Italy)
Moncenisio
Country Italy
region Piedmont
Metropolitan city Turin  (TO)
Coordinates 45 ° 12 '  N , 6 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 12 '19 "  N , 6 ° 58' 56"  E
height 1460  m slm
surface 3.98 km²
Residents 33 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 10050
prefix 0122
ISTAT number 001157
Popular name Moncenisini or Ferreresi
Patron saint San Giorgio
Website Moncenisio

Moncenisio ( Piedmontese Monsnis , Franco-Provencal Moueini ) is a municipality in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region . With 33 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) it is the smallest municipality in Piedmont and, together with Morterone, one of the two smallest in Italy.

Moncenisio is a member of the mountain commune Comunità Montana Alta Valle di Susa . The neighboring municipalities are Val-Cenis (France), Novalesa and Venaus .

Moncenisio in winter

geography

The place is at an altitude of 1460  m slm , only a few hundred meters south of the border with France on the old pass road to the Col du Mont Cenis pass of the same name .

history

The municipality was originally called Ferrera . In connection with the expansion of the dams on Lake Mont-Cenis in the 1960s, the name was changed to Moncenisio .

Population development

Source: ISTAT

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.