Bardonecchia

Bardonecchia
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	45 ° 5 '  N , 6 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 5 '0 "  N , 6 ° 42' 0"  E
height	1312  m slm
surface	132.31 km²
Residents	3,159 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10052
prefix	0122
ISTAT number	001022
Popular name	bardonecchiesi
Patron saint	St. Hippolytus of Rome
Website	comune.bardonecchia

Bardonecchia ( French Bardonnèche , Occitan Bardonèicha ) is a municipality with 3159 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region . She is a member of the Comunità Montana Alta Valle di Susa . Most of the population speaks Occitan , and many also understand French .

Bardonecchia

geography

View of Bardonecchia in winter from an altitude of about 1900 m

Bardonecchia is located at an altitude of 1312 m above sea level in the upper Susa Valley, about four km from the French border. It is the westernmost municipality in Italy. Turin is about 90 km to the east.

The municipality covers an area of ​​132.31 km². The districts of Lez Arnaus , Melezet , Millaures and Rochemolles belong to the municipality . Neighboring municipalities are Avrieux , Bramans , Exilles , Modane , Névache and Oulx . The patron saint of the place is St.  Hippolytus of Rome .

traffic

railway station

Bardonecchia is home to the southern exits of the Mont Cenis road tunnel and the Mont Cenis railway tunnel . In terms of rail traffic, Bardonecchia station is located on the international Modane – Turin line and is the last station in Italy before the border with France, which runs roughly in the middle of the tunnel.

At the exit of the Mont-Cenis road tunnel, the A32 autostrada begins , part of the European route 70 . It leads to Turin, where it is connected to the Italian motorway network.

environmental Protection

Bardonecchia has been a member of the CIPRA community network Allianz in the Alps since 2007 .

Sports

Hotel Jafferau above Bardonecchia at an altitude of around 1950 m

Bardonecchia is a winter sports resort. The snowboard competitions of the 2006 Winter Olympics took place in Melezet, three kilometers from the village center .

tourism

• Bardonecchia is the starting point for the Col de Sommeiller , the second highest point in the Alps that can be reached by two-lane vehicles.
• Hiking: Bardonecchia is the starting point of the high alpine long-distance hiking trail Alta Via Val di Susa , on which one reaches the lower Susa valley via the Mont-Cenis plateau and Rocciamelone . In addition, the place of classic starting point for hikes to the 3,178 m high, is already in France lying pilgrimage mountain Mount Tabor .
• A gondola lift leads from Bardonecchia to Hotel Jafferau (around 1950 m altitude). From there to just below Monte Jafferau stretches an alpine ski area that is easily accessible with lifts .

literature

• Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit: Piemont. (GPS-mapped routes - practical travel tips. Hiking guide - with 38 tours). Michael Müller, Erlangen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89953-566-2 .
• Sabine Bade, Wolfram Mikuteit: Alta via Val di Susa. 2nd Edition. fernwege.de, Roxheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-937304-77-9 .

Web links

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

• Homepage of the municipality (Italian)
• Page to the district Mélezet (French)
• Information at comuni-italiani.it (Italian)
• photo

Individual evidence

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