Valtournenche (French: [valtuʁnɑ̃ʃ] ; Valdôtain: Vótornéntse) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above the sea level. It is named after and covers the upper side of the Valtournenche, a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, from Châtillon to the Matterhorn. Valtournenche municipality includes Breuil-Cervinia, whose ski resort is linked to Zermatt, Switzerland.
History
Notable people
- Jean-Antoine Carrel (1829–1890), mountain climber
- Jean-Joseph Maquignaz (1829–1890), mountain climber
- Georges Carrel (1800–1870), canon, mountain climber and botanist
- Luigi Carrel (1901–1983), mountain climber
- Piero Maquignaz, skier and mountain climber
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