Aosta Valley

Aosta Valley Valle d'Aosta - Vallée d'Aoste
Region of Italy
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Italy
Capital	Aosta
Government
• President	Augusto Rollandin (Valdotanian Union)
Area
• Total	3,260.90 km2 (1,259.04 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2017)[1]
• Total	126,883
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	€4.3[2] billion (2010)
GDP per capita	€30,300[3] (2008)
NUTS Region	ITC (Northwestern Italy)
Website	www.regione.vda.it

Valle d'Aosta (Val d'Aosta or Val d'Aoste) is a mountainous region in the northwest. In the English language it is usually called the Aosta Valley.

The region has two official name: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta (in Italian) and Région Autonome Vallée d'Aoste (in French). The capital is Aosta.

The valley goes up towards Mont Blanc. It is the route out of Italy to the North-West. It was used by Roman armies, and the proof is in the archaeological artefacts found in Aosta. The town has been both French and Italian over the past few centuries, and the street names in Aosta are in both languages.

It is the smallest region in Italy, with an area of 3,260.9 km² (1,259.0 sq mi),^[4] and a population of about 126,883.^[1] It is the only Italian region which has no provinces. The regional government has taken all the administrative functions of a province.^[5] The region is divided into 74 comuni.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT" (in Italian). Demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
2. ↑ "Eurostat - Tables, Graphs and Maps Interface (TGM) table". Epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
3. ↑ EUROPA - Press Releases - Regional GDP per inhabitant in 2008 GDP per inhabitant ranged from 28% of the EU27 average in Severozapaden in Bulgaria to 343% in Inner London
4. ↑ "Regione Valle d'Aosta /Vallée d'Aoste" (in Italian). Tuttitalia.it. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
5. ↑ http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg13/lavori/bollet/200007/0718/pdf/06.pdf