Ala di Stura

Ala di Stura
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	45 ° 19 ′  N , 7 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
height	1.08  m slm
surface	45 km²
Residents	453 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	10 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10070
prefix	0123
ISTAT number	001003
Popular name	Alesi
Patron saint	San Grato
Website	Ala di Stura
Panorama of Ala di Stura

Ala di Stura ( Piedmontese and Franco-Provençal Ala ) is a municipality with 453 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO) in the Piedmont region .

The municipality, an alpine winter sports center, consists of the districts of Pian del Tetto , Cresto , Martassina , Mondrone , Villar and Pertusetto . The neighboring communities are Groscavallo , Chialamberto , Ceres , Balme , Mezzenile and Lemie . The patron saint of the place is San Grato .

The municipality is part of the Comunità Montana Valli di Lanzo administrative community .

geography

The mountain town is located 54 kilometers from the provincial capital Turin at an altitude of 1080 m above sea level in the Valle d'Ala , one of the three Valli di Lanzo . The municipality covers an area of ​​45 km².

history

The exact origin of the village is not known, but its existence since the Middle Ages is documented by a document from 1267.

Population development

Web links

Commons : Ala di Stura  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (Italian)
• Information on the Valli di Lanzo (Italian)
• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

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