Chiusa di San Michele

Chiusa di San Michele
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	45 ° 6 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 6 '22 "  N , 7 ° 19' 32"  E
height	378  m slm
surface	6 km²
Residents	1,601 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	267 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10050
prefix	011
ISTAT number	001081
Popular name	Chiusesi
Patron saint	St. Peter and St. Paul
Website	Chiusa di San Michele

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Chiusa di San Michele ( Piedmontese Ciusa San Michel , Franco-Provençal Kiusa , French L'Écluse ) is a municipality with 1601 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Turin , Piedmont , Northern Italy . The municipality belongs to the mountain commune Comunità Montana Bassa Valle di Susa e Val Cenischia . The neighboring municipalities are Caprie , Coazze , Condove , Sant'Ambrogio di Torino , Vaie and Valgioie . The town's patron saints are the apostles Peter and Paul .

Her name can be translated as "The Hermitage of St. Michael". Chiusa di San Michele is located in northwestern Italy, at the southeastern end of the Val di Susa . Presumably the border fortifications of the Lombards were located here , who blocked access from southern France via the alpine passes of Mont Cenis and Montgenèvre to northern Italy. The last Lombard king, Desiderius , tried in vain to stop Charlemagne's troops here in 773 .

Personalities

• Sebastiano Turbiglio (1842–1901), philosopher

Individual evidence

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