Exilles
Sign in to saveExilles (Occitan: Eissilhas; nonstandard Occitan: Isiya; Piedmontese: Isiles; Latin: Excingomagus or Scingomagus; Italianization under Italian Fascism: Esille) is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, on the border with France.
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Exilles is a small municipality in the Turin area of northwestern Italy, situated near the French border. It is historically significant as an ancient settlement with Latin roots and has undergone various name changes across different languages and periods, including an Italicization of its name during the Fascist era.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Exilles
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Exilles
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Exilles02.JPG
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Turin (TO)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Deveys, Morliere, San Colombano, Champbons
- Italian comune.mayor
- Michelangelo Luigi Castellano
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 46.55
- Italian comune.population_total
- 268
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1-1-2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Esillese(i) or Exillese(i)
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 870
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Exilles (Occitan: Eissilhas; nonstandard Occitan: Isiya; Piedmontese: Isiles; Latin: Excingomagus or Scingomagus; Italianization under Italian Fascism: Esille) is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, on the border with France.
It is the location of the Exilles Fort, an alpine fortification which guarded the route between the Kingdom of France and the Duchy of Savoy.