Cesana Torinese

Cesana Torinese
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin (TO)
Coordinates	44 ° 57 ' N , 6 ° 48' E Coordinates: 44 ° 57 '0 " N , 6 ° 48' 0" E
height	1354 m slm
surface	121.3 km²
Residents	940 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10054
prefix	0122
ISTAT number	001074
Popular name	cesanesi
Patron saint	St. John Baptist
Website	comune.cesana

Cesana Torinese ( Piedmontese Cesan-a , Occitan Cesana ) is an Italian commune with 940 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Turin (TO), Piedmont region .

The municipality consists of the districts Bousson , Désertes , Fénils , Mollières , Solomiac , Thures , Champlas Seguin , Rhuilles , San Sicario Borgo , San Sicario Alto and Pra Claud . Neighboring municipalities are Abriès-Ristolas , Cervières , Claviere , Montgenèvre , Névache , Oulx , Sauze di Cesana and Sestriere . The patron saint of the place is St. John the Baptist .

geography

The place is at an altitude of 1,354 m above sea level at the confluence of the mountain streams Ripa and Dora to the Dora Riparia . The municipality covers an area of 121.3 km².

Sports

Bobsleigh and luge track in Cesana Pariol

Mass start 15 km in Cesana San Sicario

For the 2006 Winter Olympics , an artificial ice rink was built near Cesana Pariol for competitions in bobsleigh , luge and skeleton . The track was closed in 2012. The Olympic biathlon competitions were also held in Cesana, San Sicario.

On the fringes of the 2011 Luge World Championship, Cesana made the most successful Italian luge athlete Armin Zöggeler from South Tyrol an honorary citizen.

Web links

Homepage of the community

Individual evidence

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

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