Aosta Valley
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Aosta Valley Valle d'Aosta Vallée d'Aoste |
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| Autonomous region of Italy | |||
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| Anthem: Montagnes Valdôtaines | |||
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| Country | Italy | ||
| Capital | Aosta | ||
| Government | |||
| • President | Augusto Rollandin (UV) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,263 km2 (1,260 sq mi) | ||
| Population (30-10-2012) | |||
| • Total | 126,933 | ||
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | ||
| • Official languages | Italian, French | ||
| Citizenship | |||
| • Italian | 95% | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| GDP/ Nominal | €4.3 billion (2011) | ||
| GDP per capita | €33,700 (2011) | ||
| NUTS Region | ITC | ||
| Website | www.regione.vda.it | ||
The Aosta Valley (Italian: Valle d'Aosta [ˈvalle daˈɔsta] (official) or Val d'Aosta (usual); French: Vallée d'Aoste [vale daɔst]/[vale dɔst] (official) or Val d'Aoste (usual); Arpitan: Val d'Outa) is a mountainous semi-autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France to the west, Valais, Switzerland to the north and the region of Piedmont to the south and east.
Covering an area of 3,263 km2 (1,260 sq mi) and with a population of about 128,000 it is the smallest, least populous, and least densely populated region of Italy. It is the only Italian region that has no provinces (the province of Aosta was dissolved in 1945). Provincial administrative functions are provided by the regional government. The region is divided into 74 comuni (communes).
Italian and French are the official languages, though much of the native population also speak Valdôtain, a dialect of Arpitan (Franco-Provençal), as their home language; about half of the population can speak all three languages.
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