| Gressoney-Saint-Jean | |
| Official Name: | Comune di Gressoney-Saint-Jean Commune de Gressoney-Saint-Jean Gemeinde Gressoney-Saint-Jean |
| Coordinates: | 45.7833°N 56°W |
| 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 Km2: | 69 |
| Population Total: | 775 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2022 |
| Postal Code: | 11025 |
| Area Code: | 0125 |
Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Gressoney Greschòney Zer Chilchu; Gressonèy-Sèn-Dzan) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.
The town is situated in a valley formed by the torrent Lys which is fed by the Lys glacier.
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 German: Kressenau in German.
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.[1]
An example of Greschòneytitsch:
