Bionaz

Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of the commune within the Aosta Valley region

Location of Bionaz

45°52′N 7°25′E / 45.867°N 7.417°E / 45.867; 7.417CountryItalyRegionAosta ValleyProvincenoneFrazioniSee Villages, hamlets and other centresGovernment

• MayorArmando Chentre (elected 2005-05-09)Area

^[1]

• Total142.82 km² (55.14 sq mi)Elevation

1,606 m (5,269 ft)Population

(31 December 2023)^[2]

• Total221 • Density1.5/km² (4.0/sq mi)DemonymBionassinsTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

11010

Dialing code0165Patron saintSaint MargaretSaint day20 JulyWebsiteOfficial website

Bionaz (Valdôtain: Bioun-a; Biona from 1939 to 1946) is a comune sparso^[3] which extends over 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) of the North-Eastern Valpelline area of the Aosta Valley region of northwest Italy. The commune lies on the left side of the river Dora Baltea. The population of about 240 is dispersed among 20 or more small alpine villages and hamlets including Plan-de-Veyne, which is the main centre and the capoluogo (locally and officially also chef-lieu, in French). The commune belongs to the Unité des communes valdôtaines du Grand-Combin.

Villages, hamlets and other centres

The commune's statute^[4] designates the following frazioni (locally officially called hameaux, in French):

Les Balmes
Chentre
Chez-Chenoux
Chez-Noyer
Chez-les-Merloz
Les Crêtes
Les Dzovennoz
Lexert
Les Ley^[5]
Le Moulin
Plan-de-Veyne
Perquis
Les Places
Pouillayes
La Quelod
Les Rey
Les Rus (Ru)^[6]
Les Vagère
Le Vianoz

The following localities, villages and other places not formally designated as frazioni, are also listed in the bulletin:

Chamein
Chez-Badin
Le Clos-Neuf
La Ferrère
La Léchère
Prarayer
Propéraz

Mountain huts

Within the boundaries of the commune, there are also three mountain huts:

Notes

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ The expression comune sparso means a comune whose administrative centre is located in a hamlet whose name does not coincide with the name of the comune itself.
^ Commune de Bionaz - Statuts communaux.
^ Les Ley is named in the statute as Ly.
^ Les Rus is named in the statute as Rû.

References

Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta (11 January 2005), Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2005