Champorcher

Champorcher
Country	Italy
region	Aosta Valley
Coordinates	45 ° 37 ′  N , 7 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  E
height	1427  m slm
surface	68 km²
Residents	384 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	6 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	11020
prefix	0125
ISTAT number	007018
Popular name	champorcherains
Patron saint	Nicholas of Myra

Champorcher is an Italian commune in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley . The community has 384 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), is at an average altitude of 1427  m slm and has a size of 68 km². The inhabitants are called champorcherains . Champorcher is a member of the Unité des Communes valdôtaines Mont-Rose and is located in the Champorchertal , a side valley of the Aosta Valley. The Mont Avic Nature Park forms part of the municipality , the first nature park of its kind in the Aosta Valley. The park was established in 1989.

Champorcher consists of the districts of Boussiney, Perrier, Dogier, Dublanc, Salleret, Outre l'éve, Parié, Moulin, L'Écreux, Véranaz, Loré, Vigneroisaz, Vagly, Mellier, Coudreyt, Grand-Rosier, Petit-Rosier, Château, Gontier, Garavet, Byron, Arbussey, Collin, Grand-Mont-Blanc, Petit-Mont-Blanc, Perruchon, Ronchas, Chardonney, Sen-du-Gail, Vignat.

The neighboring municipalities are Champdepraz , Cogne , Fénis , Issogne , Pontboset , Valprato Soana and Vico Canavese . The latter two municipalities are in Piedmont within the province of Turin .

During the time of fascism , the village had the Italianized name Campo Laris .

Location of Champorcher within the Aosta Valley region

Web links

Commons : Champorcher  - 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.