Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Greschòney Zer Chilchu (Walser) | |
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Comune di Gressoney-Saint-Jean Commune de Gressoney-Saint-Jean Gemeinde Gressoney-Saint-Jean | |
Coordinates: 45°47′N 07°49′E / 45.783°N 7.817°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Aosta Valley |
Frazioni | Bieltschòcke (Bieltschucken), Bode, Chaschtal, Dresal, Loomatto (Loomatten), Méttelteil (Mittelteil), Mettie (Mettien), Noversch, Òbre Biel (Ober Biel), Òbre Champsil (Ober Champsil), Òbro Verdebio (Ober Verdebien), Ònderteil (Unterteil), Òndre Biel (Unter Biel), Òndre Champsil (Unter Champsil), Òndro Verdebio (Unter Verdebien), Perletoa, Predeloasch, Stobene, Trentostäg (Trentosbrück), Tschemenoal (Chemonal), Tschoarde, Tschossil, Woald (Wald) |
Area | |
• Total | 69 km2 (27 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2022)[2] | |
• Total | 775 |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 11025 |
Dialing code | 0125 |
Website | Official website |
Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Gressoney Walser: Greschòney Zer Chilchu; Arpitan: Gressonèy-Sèn-Dzan) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.
Geography
The town is situated in a valley formed by the torrent Lys which is fed by the Lys glacier.
History, Walser culture and language
Though Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Gressoney-La-Trinité form two separate comunes they form a Walser German cultural unity known as Greschòney or Creschnau in Greschoneytitsch (or simply Titsch), the local Walser German dialect, or Kressenau in German.
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The Church of St John in the Òbre Platz
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The Savoy Castle
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Memorial plaque of the 1868 flood written in German and Italian
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Gressoney-St-Jean in the Lys valley
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Carlo Mollino mountain hut and Corno Rosso (Ròthòre), above Gressoney-St-Jean
In 1868, the Lys flooded the village.
From 1928 until 1946 the two were united into one commune, officially named Gressoney, which from 1939 onward was Italianized as Gressonei. After WWII, the two former communes were reconstituted as well as their original name in French.[3]
An example of Greschòneytitsch:
Walser German | German | English |
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Endsche Attò |
Vater unser |
Our Father |
Points of interest
- Savoy Castle, a former summer residence of the House of Savoy
- Savoy Castle Alpine Botanical Garden, an alpine botanical garden within the grounds of Savoy Castle
- Villa Margherita, a former nobles' residence and currently the town hall
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ R.D. 22 luglio 1939, n. 1442
- ^ "Das Vaterunser auf Walserisch (Greschòney)" (in Walser). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
External links
- Gressoney-Saint-Jean Tourist information www.gressoneyonline.it (Italian), retrieved 9 August 2017
- CS1 foreign language sources (ISO 639-2)
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