Issime (French pronunciation: [isim]; Issime Walser: Éischeme; German: Einsimmen; Valdôtain: Eichima (locally in patois gabençois Éséima)[3][4]) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Its population speaks Walser German.
Issime
Éischeme (Walser) | |
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Comune di Issime Commune d'Issime Gemeindeverwaltung Eischeme | |
Coordinates: 45°41′N 7°51′E / 45.683°N 7.850°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Aosta Valley |
Province | none |
Frazioni | Official 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 | |
• Mayor | Christian Linty |
Area | |
• Total | 35 km2 (14 sq mi) |
Elevation | 956 m (3,136 ft) |
Population (31 December 2022)[2] | |
• Total | 365 |
• Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Issimesi (in Italian) Issimois (in French) Eischemeyra (in töitschu) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 11020 |
Dialing code | 0125 |
ISTAT code | 7036 |
Patron saint | Saint James |
Saint day | 25 July |
Website | Official website |
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ^ Die Alpen, June 2011, p.29 Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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).