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Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy
Gressoney-Saint-Jean Greschòney Zer Chilchu (Walser)
Comune
Comune di Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Commune de Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Gemeinde Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Coat of arms of Gressoney-Saint-JeanCoat of arms
Location of Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Gressoney-Saint-Jean is located in ItalyGressoney-Saint-JeanGressoney-Saint-JeanLocation of Gressoney-Saint-Jean in ItalyShow map of ItalyGressoney-Saint-Jean is located in Aosta ValleyGressoney-Saint-JeanGressoney-Saint-JeanGressoney-Saint-Jean (Aosta Valley)Show map of Aosta Valley
Coordinates: 45°47′N 07°49′E / 45.783°N 7.817°E / 45.783; 7.817
CountryItaly
RegionAosta Valley
FrazioniBieltschòcke (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
 • Total69 km (27 sq mi)
Population
 • Total775
 • Density11/km (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code11025
Dialing code0125
WebsiteOfficial website

Gressoney-Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɛsɔnɛ sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃]; 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.

  • The Church of St John in the Òbre Platz The Church of St John in the Òbre Platz
  • The Savoy Castle The Savoy Castle
  • Memorial plaque of the 1868 flood written in German and Italian Memorial plaque of the 1868 flood written in German and Italian
  • Gressoney-St-Jean in the Lys valley Gressoney-St-Jean in the Lys valley
  • Carlo Mollino mountain hut and Corno Rosso (Ròthòre), above Gressoney-St-Jean 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.

An example of Greschòneytitsch:

Walser German German English

Endsche Attò
das béscht em Hémmel,
dass héilege sígge Dín Noame.
Chéeme Dín Herrschaft.

Vater unser
der Du bist im Himmel,
geheiligt werde Dein Name.
Dein Reich komme.

Our Father
in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.

Points of interest

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. R.D. 22 luglio 1939, n. 1442
  4. "Das Vaterunser auf Walserisch (Greschòney)" (in Walser). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2006. Retrieved 2011-05-13.

External links

Comuni of Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley



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