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Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy
Issime Éischeme (Walser)
Comune
Comune di Issime
Commune d'Issime
Gemeindeverwaltung Eischeme
Saint James ChurchSaint James Church
Location of Issime
Issime is located in ItalyIssimeIssimeLocation of Issime in ItalyShow map of ItalyIssime is located in Aosta ValleyIssimeIssimeIssime (Aosta Valley)Show map of Aosta Valley
Coordinates: 45°41′N 7°51′E / 45.683°N 7.850°E / 45.683; 7.850
CountryItaly
RegionAosta Valley
Provincenone
FrazioniOfficial toponyms in French, in brackets the version in töitschu:
Bioley (Biouley), Ceresole (Di Zinnisili), Champriond (Tschendriun), Chef-lieu (Duarf or Hauptort), Chincheré (Tschentschiri), Crest (Krecht), Crose (Kruasi), Cugna (Künju), Fontaineclaire (Funtrunkieeru), Grand Champ (Gran Tschamp), Grand Praz (Gran Proa), Nicche (Nicke), Plane (Pioani), Praz (Proa), Preit (Preite), Proasch (Proasch), Ribola (Ribulu), Riccard (Rickard), Riccourt (Rickurt), Riccourt Dessus (Z’uabra Rickurt), Riva (Réivu), Rollie (Rolji), Seingles (Zéngji), Seingles Dessus (Z’uabra Zéngji), Stein (Stein), Tontinel (Tuntelentsch), Vecchaus (Vetschus), Zan (San)
Government
 • MayorChristian Linty
Area
 • Total35 km (14 sq mi)
Elevation956 m (3,136 ft)
Population
 • Total365
 • Density10/km (27/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Issimesi (in Italian)
Issimois (in French)
Eischemeyra (in töitschu)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code11020
Dialing code0125
ISTAT code7036
Patron saintSaint James
Saint day25 July
WebsiteOfficial website

Issime (French pronunciation: [isim]; Issime Walser: Éischeme; German: Einsimmen; Valdôtain: Eichima (locally in patois gabençois Éséima)) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Its population speaks Walser German.

Welcome notice at the entrance to the municipality of Issime and the Walser community of higher Lys Valley.

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  3. Die Alpen, June 2011, p.29 Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Obsolete. Recent works in German indicate the official French name only - cf. Liederbuch von Gressoney und Issime Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine and Peter Zürrer, Sprachkontakt in Walser Dialekten: Gressoney und Issime im Aostatal (Italien).
Comuni of Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley



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