Issime
Sign in to saveIssime (; ; ; Valdôtain: (locally in patois gabençois, )) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Its population speaks Walser German.
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Issime is a small town in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy where the local population speaks Walser German, a distinct Germanic language. It represents an interesting example of linguistic and cultural diversity within Italy, preserving a unique language community in the Alpine region.
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- Italian comune.name
- Issime
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di IssimeCommune d'IssimeGemeindeverwaltung Eischeme
- Italian comune.native_name
- Eichima/Éséima (Valdôtain)
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Chiesa di Issime.JPG
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Saint James Church
- Italian comune.province
- none
- Italian comune.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)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Christian Linty
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 35
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Issime (; ; ; Valdôtain: (locally in patois gabençois, )) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Its population speaks Walser German.
== Culture == Issime is a village of Walser language and culture. What distinguishes the community of Issime from other areas of the Alpine arc, as highlighted by many studies, are its multilingualism and the coexistence of two ethnic groups (the German-speaking and the Franco-Provençal ones).