Pré-Saint-Didier

Pré-Saint-Didier
Country	Italy
region	Aosta Valley
Coordinates	45 ° 46 ′ N , 6 ° 59 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E
height	1004 m slm
surface	34 km²
Residents	1,020 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	30 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	11010
prefix	0165
ISTAT number	007053
Popular name	Présaindidierins (French)
Patron saint	Lawrence of Rome
Website	Pré-Saint-Didier

Pré-Saint-Didier ( Pré-Saint-Didier-les-Bains until 1861 in the Kingdom of Sardinia ; San Desiderio Terme from 1939 to 1946) is an Italian municipality with 1020 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Aosta Valley . The community lies at an average altitude of approx. 1004 m slm and is about 33 km² in size.

geography

The neighboring communities are Courmayeur , La Thuile and Morgex . Pré-Saint-Didier consists of the districts Champex, Élévaz, La Balme, Palleusieux, Torrent and Verrand.

history

In Roman times there was probably a villa called Prata ad Sanctum Desiderum here .

The 11th century bell tower of the parish church is one of the oldest in the Aosta Valley. About 200 people lived here around 1860. Spa guests, mostly British, visited the village as early as the 19th century.

economy

Thermal bath

The health resort is characterized by its thermal spring.

traffic

Pré-Saint-Didier is located on the historically important Little St. Bernard Pass between the Mont Blanc massif and the French Vanoise massif .

The place is an end point of the Aosta-Pré-Saint-Didier railway line .

Web links

Commons : Pré-Saint-Didier - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Auguste Argentier: Courmayeur et Pré-St-Didier (val d'Aoste): leurs bains, leurs eaux & leurs environs . Damien Lyboz, Aosta 1864, p. 19f.
↑ Auguste Argentier: Courmayeur et Pré-St-Didier (val d'Aoste): leurs bains, leurs eaux & leurs environs . Damien Lyboz, Aosta 1864, pp. 19, 22.

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

[2] Auguste Argentier: Courmayeur et Pré-St-Didier (val d'Aoste): leurs bains, leurs eaux & leurs environs . Damien Lyboz, Aosta 1864, p. 19f.

[3] Auguste Argentier: Courmayeur et Pré-St-Didier (val d'Aoste): leurs bains, leurs eaux & leurs environs . Damien Lyboz, Aosta 1864, pp. 19, 22.