Usseaux

Comune in Piedmont, Italy

Location of Usseaux

45°2′56″N 7°1′46″E / 45.04889°N 7.02944°E / 45.04889; 7.02944CountryItalyRegionPiedmontMetropolitan city Turin (TO)FrazioniBalboutet, Fraisse, Laux, PourrieresGovernment

• MayorAndrea FerrettiArea

^[1]

• Total37.97 km² (14.66 sq mi)Elevation

1,416 m (4,646 ft)Population

(1-1-2017)^[2]

• Total182 • Density4.8/km² (12/sq mi)DemonymUssese(i)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

10060

Dialing code0121WebsiteOfficial website

Usseaux (Occitan: Ussiau,^[3] Piedmontese: Usseaux) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin.

Usseaux borders the following municipalities: Exilles, Chiomonte, Gravere, Meana di Susa, Pragelato, and Fenestrelle. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").^[4]

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: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ Lucie Amaro-Péguy, L’occitan alpin d’Usseaux; description d’une langue en danger, en contact avec deux aires dialectales (francoprovençale et piémontaise), et sous l’influence de deux langues standards (français et italien), Lyon: Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2014, p. 251thesis, PDF
^ "Piemonte" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.