Sestriere

Sestriere
Country	Italy
region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin  (TO)
Coordinates	44 ° 57 '  N , 6 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 57 '0 "  N , 6 ° 53' 0"  E
height	2035  m slm
surface	25 km²
Residents	922 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	37 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	10058
prefix	0122
ISTAT number	001263
Popular name	Sestrieresi
Patron saint	Sant'Edoardo (October 13)
Website	Sestriere parish

Sestriere ( Piedmontese ël Sestrier , French Sestrières , Occitan Sestrieras or la Sestriera ) is a municipality with 922 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian region of Piedmont . Located near the French border in the metropolitan city of Turin, it is a winter sports resort .

Location and districts

The place is located on a pass of the same name, 2035 meters high, between the Val Chisone and the Susa Valley (Val di Susa). In the northwest it is dominated by the 2701 meter high Monte Fraitève, in the southeast by Monte Sises (2658 m) and the Punta Rognosa ( 3280  m ). The districts of Sestriere Colle on the pass, Sestriere Borgata in Val Chisone, Champlas du Col and Champlas Janvier in the Susa Valley belong to Sestriere .

development

View of Sestriere

View of Sestriere from Monte Motta

Fiat founder Giovanni Agnelli senior was the beginning of the 1930s, two hotels and two cable cars to build, including one by Adolf Bleichert & Co. created aerial tramway . Another hotel, a ski jump and the first chairlifts as well as Europe's highest 18-hole golf course followed. The facilities were damaged in the Second World War and then rebuilt in the 1950s.

Together with the neighboring communities of Claviere , Sauze d'Oulx , Cesana Torinese and Pragelato , Sestriere has merged to form the Via Lattea ski area . The most famous slopes, which are also used for competitions, are Banchetta , Fraitève and Sises . Sestriere has a total of 146 slopes and 92 lifts / cable cars. The total length of the ski runs is 400 kilometers, 120 of which are artificially snowed.

Parish partnership

• San Carlos de Bariloche , Argentina

Sports

Winter sports

The place is regularly the venue for alpine ski world cup races ; the 1997 Alpine World Ski Championships also took place here. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , the alpine skiing competitions were held in Sestriere. Sestriere is also home to one of the three Olympic villages for these Winter Games. It covers 75,000 square meters and is centrally located in the town.

Tour de France

Sestriere has been part of the Tour de France again and again in recent years . In addition to four stage arrivals and three crossings of the top of the pass, three stages also started in the place.

From the west, the ascent begins in Cesana Torinese and overcomes 11.5 kilometers of 679 meters in altitude , which corresponds to an average gradient of six percent. The start of the climb in the east is Perosa Argentina . From there it is 37.9 kilometers long and on average 3.8 percent steep, with 1425 meters of altitude being overcome.

year	Mountain classification winner	Art
1952	Fausto Coppi	Arrivals
1956	Charly Gaul	Crossing
1966	Julio Jiménez	Crossing
1992	Claudio Chiappucci	Arrivals
1996	Bjarne Riis	Arrivals
1999	Lance Armstrong	Arrivals
2011	Rubén Pérez	Crossing

Giro d'Italia

In 2011 the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia led from Verbania to Sestriere. The winner of this stage was Vasil Kiryenka .

In 2013 the 14th stage of the Giros should lead via Sestriere to Bardonecchia ( Jafferau ). Due to snowfall in Sestriere, the place had to be bypassed. Mauro Santambrogio won the stage, which was extended by 12 kilometers .

The 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2015 led over the Colle delle Finestre to Sestriere. Fabio Aru won this.

Rallying

From 1950 to 1960 Sestriere was the starting point for the 1800 km long Sestriere Rally via Bologna and Rome. In 1960 the event was canceled by an official order.

Web links

Commons : Sestriere  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Sestriere  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Homepage of the municipality (Italian)
• Ski area (Italian / English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Le Dico du Tour: Sestrières . Retrieved July 15, 2010 (French).