Valpelline (municipality)

This article is about an Italian community. On the Bishop of Sion see Rudolf von Valpelline .

Valpelline
Country	Italy
region	Aosta Valley
Coordinates	45 ° 50 ′  N , 7 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
surface	31 km²
Residents	608 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	20 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	11010
prefix	0165
ISTAT number	007069
Popular name	Valpellinois (French)
Patron saint	St. Pantaleon

Valpelline is an Italian commune in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley . The community has 608 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019), is located on the orographic left side of the Dora Baltea at an average altitude of 960 m above sea level. NN and has a size of 16 km².

The neighboring communities are called Doues , Ollomont , Oyace , Quart , Roisan , Saint-Christophe .

The parish church of St. Pantaleon from the 18th century with valuable works of art is worth seeing .

During the time of fascism , the village had the Italianized name Valpellina .

The valley is named after the Grosser St. Bernhard pass , which was called Poeninum iugum in antiquity and on which the god Poeninus was worshiped.

Web links

Commons : Valpelline  - 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.