Pragelato
Sign in to savePragelato (also Pragelà; Vivaro-Alpine: Prajalats; ; ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name Pragelato, meaning "icy meadow", has been derived from the harsh climate and the fact that the ground is covered with ice for long periods. On both sides of the Chisone, extensive forests of pine and larch provide protection from the avalanches which are a common occurrence in the winter season: for this reason in the nineteenth century the people of Pragelato were only permitted to fe
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Pragelato is a small municipality in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, located in a high mountain valley about west of Turin, where its name means "icy meadow" due to the harsh winter climate. The town is notable for being situated in an avalanche-prone area surrounded by protective forests of pine and larch trees, which have historically been important for the safety and survival of its residents during winter months.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Pragelato
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Pragelato
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Chiesa Pragelato.JPG
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Parish church.
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Pragelato-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Turin (TO)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- La Ruà, Allevè, Chezal, Duc, Grand Puy, Granges, Jousseaud, Laval, Pattemouche, Plan, Rif, Rivets, Seytes, Troncea, Souchéres Basses, Souchère Haute, Traverses, Villardamond, Val Tronche, Tronchée
- Italian comune.mayor
- Giorgio Merlo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 89.20
- Italian comune.population_total
- 733
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- History
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Pragelato (also Pragelà; Vivaro-Alpine: Prajalats; ; ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name Pragelato, meaning "icy meadow", has been derived from the harsh climate and the fact that the ground is covered with ice for long periods. On both sides of the Chisone, extensive forests of pine and larch provide protection from the avalanches which are a common occurrence in the winter season: for this reason in the nineteenth century the people of Pragelato were only permitted to fell trees close to the mountain summits, and even then only with the permission of the communal administration.
Pragelato borders the following municipalities: Exilles, Oulx, Salbertrand, Usseaux, Fenestrelle, Sauze d'Oulx, Massello, Sestriere, Sauze di Cesana, Salza di Pinerolo, Prali.