Ceresole Reale

Ceresole Reale
Ceresole Reale
Comune
	Comune di Ceresole Reale
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	Coordinates: 45°26′N 7°14′E / 45.433°N 7.233°E
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Metropolitan city	Turin (TO)
Government
• Mayor	Andrea Basolo
Area
• Total	99.82 km2 (38.54 sq mi)
Elevation	1,620 m (5,310 ft)
Population (1-1-2017)
• Total	161
• Density	1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
Demonym	Ceresolino(i)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	10080
Dialing code	0124
Patron saint	St. Nicholas
Website	Official website

Ceresole Reale is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Turin in the Orco Valley, on the border with France.

Ceresole Reale borders the following municipalities: Bonneval-sur-Arc (France), Groscavallo, Noasca, Rhêmes-Notre-Dame, Val-d'Isère (France), and Valsavarenche. The communal territory is home to the Gran Paradiso National Park visitors center. The main structure is the large dam, built in 1925–31 by A.E.M. (Turin's electrical authority): this formed the Lago di Ceresole (lake of Ceresole), which is now the town's main tourist attraction.

Ceresole was the location of the ending cliffhanger scene in the 1969 film The Italian Job.

The adjective Reale meaning 'royal' was conferred to the municipality because it hosted the royal hunting pavilions of the House of Savoy. It was therefore allowed to use the royal shield and the royal crown as the Commune's coat of arms. The only other commune that was allowed this privilege was Venaria Reale, as it hosted another hunting reserve and a royal palace of the Savoyard kings.

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.

External links

Official website
Media related to Ceresole Reale at Wikimedia Commons

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v13-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[istat-2] All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

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