Issime

Comune in Aosta Valley, Italy

Issime Éischeme (Walser)
Comune
Comune di Issime Commune d'Issime Gemeindeverwaltung Eischeme
Saint James Church
Location of Issime
45°41′N 7°51′E / 45.683°N 7.850°E / 45.683; 7.850
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 ^[1]
• 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

Issime (Issime Walser: Éischeme; German: Einsimmen; Valdôtain: Éséima (locally Eichima)^[3]^[4]) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Its population speaks Walser German.

References

^ "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).