Gressoney-Saint-Jean

Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Comune
Comune di Gressoney-Saint-Jean Commune de Gressoney-Saint-Jean Gemeinde Gressoney-Saint-Jean
The Savoy castle in Gressoney-St. Jean
Coat of arms
Gressoney-Saint-Jean Location of Gressoney-Saint-Jean in Italy
Coordinates: 45°47′N 07°49′E / 45.783°N 7.817°E / 45.783; 7.817Coordinates: 45°47′N 07°49′E / 45.783°N 7.817°E / 45.783; 7.817
Country	Italy
Region	Aosta Valley
Province / Metropolitan city	none
Frazioni	Bieltschòcke (Bieltschucken), Bode, Chaschtal, Dresal, Loomatto (Loomatten), Méttelteil (Mittelteil), Mettie (Mettien), Noversch, Òbre Biel (Ober Biel), Òbre Champsil (Ober Champsil), Òbro Verdebio (Ober Verdebien), Ònderteil (Unterteil), Òndre Biel (Unter Biel), Òndre Champsil (Unter Champsil), Òndro Verdebio (Unter Verdebien), Perletoa, Predeloasch, Stobene, Trentostäg (Trentosbrück), Tschemenoal (Chemonal), Tschoarde, Tschossil, Woald (Wald)
Area
• Total	69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Population (December 31, 2004)
• Total	790
• Density	11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	11025
Dialing code	0125
Website	Official website

Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Walser German: Greschòney Zer Chilchu) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.

Points of interest

• Savoy Castle Alpine Botanical Garden, an alpine botanical garden

Walser culture and language

Though historically Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Gressoney-La-Trinité are two separate comunes, they form a Walser German cultural unity known as Greschòney or Creschnau in Greschoneytitsch (or simply Titsch), the local Walser German dialect, or Kressenau in German. They were united into one commune named Gressoney from 1928 until 1946, when the two former communes were reconstituted.

An example of Greschòneytitsch:

Notable people

• The Squinobal brothers Oreste, Arturo and Lorenzo, all of them mountain climbers, mountain guides and ski mountaineers, were born in Gressoney.

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