Gressan

Gressan
Country	Italy
region	Aosta Valley
Coordinates	45 ° 43 '  N , 7 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '0 "  N , 7 ° 17' 0"  E
height	626  m slm
surface	25 km²
Residents	3,375 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	135 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	11020
prefix	0165
ISTAT number	007031
Popular name	gressanins (French)
Patron saint	St. Stephen
Website	Gressan

Gressan is an Italian commune in the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley .

Gressan has 3375 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is located at an altitude of 645 m above sea level. M. on the right side of the Dora Baltea . The village of Pila belongs to the community at an altitude of 1800 m.

Gressan consists of the districts (ital. Frazioni , French. Hameaux ) Pila , La Bagne, Barral, Barrier, Bénaz, Bonellaz, Borettaz, Bovet, La Cerise, Chamen, Champian, Chanté, Chérémoz, Chez le Ru, Ciel-bleu, Clair, Clérod, La Cort, Crétaz, La Cure de Chevrot, Eaux-froides, Échandall, Étrepiou, Favret, Les Fleurs, Gerdaz, La Giradaz, Gorret, Grand-Cerise, Impérial, Jacquin, Letey, Leysettaz, La Magdelaine, Moline , Naudin, La Palud, Pâquier, Perriail, Pilet, La Piscine, Plattaz, Plein Soleil, Rémaz, Ronc, Surpillod, Taxel (chef-lieu), Tour de Ville, Vignettaz, Vilvoir, Viseran.

Gressan was probably made around 24 BC. Under the name Fundus Gratianus . But it was not until the Middle Ages that the first permanent settlements developed around the permanent houses. The parish church in Gressan was mentioned as early as 1184.

The neighboring municipalities are Aosta , Aymavilles , Charvensod , Cogne , Jovençan and Sarre .

people

Francesco Imberti (1882–1967), Bishop of Aosta and Archbishop of Vercelli, and Maturino Blanchet (1892–1974), Bishop of Aosta, were born in Gressan.

Web links

Commons : Gressan  - 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.