Usseaux Explained

Usseaux
Official Name:Comune di Usseaux
Coordinates:45.0489°N 7.0294°W
Region:Piedmont
Metropolitan City:Turin (TO)
Frazioni:Balboutet, Fraisse, Laux, Pourrieres
Mayor:Andrea Ferretti
Area Total Km2:37.97
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:182
Population As Of:1-1-2017
Population Demonym:Ussese(i)
Elevation M:1416
Postal Code:10060
Area Code:0121

Usseaux (Occitan (post 1500);: Ussiau,[2] Usseaux) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin.

Usseaux borders the following municipalities: Exilles, Chiomonte, Gravere, Meana di Susa, Pragelato, and Fenestrelle. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[3]

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Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Lucie Amaro-Péguy, L’occitan alpin d’Usseaux; description d’une langue en danger, en contact avec deux aires dialectales (francoprovençale et piémontaise), et sous l’influence de deux langues standards (français et italien), Lyon: Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2014, p. 251thesis, PDF
  3. Web site: Piemonte. 31 July 2023. it.