Ayas, Aosta Valley

Ayas
Comune di Ayas
Commune d'Ayas
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Ayas is located in Italy
Ayas
Ayas
Location of Ayas in Italy
Ayas is located in Aosta Valley
Ayas
Ayas
Ayas (Aosta Valley)
Coordinates: 45°49′N 7°41′E / 45.817°N 7.683°E / 45.817; 7.683
CountryItaly
RegionAosta Valley
Provincenone
FrazioniAntagnod, Champoluc, Bisous, Mandrou, Magnéaz, Palouettaz, Palenc, Champlan, Frachey, Saint-Jacques, Pra Sec, Rovinal, Drole, Blanchard, Péyo, Réze, Crojettaz, Fiére, Suttsun, Cunéaz, Crest, Frantse, Mascognaz, Pilaz, Magnéchoulaz, Eriou, Périasc, Périasc d'aval, La Crouch, Trochey, Meytére, Cornu, Corbet, Lignod, Borbey, L'Ojel, Goil deseut, Goil damon, Piéit, Granon, Graines
Area
 • Total129.42 km2 (49.97 sq mi)
Elevation
1,698 m (5,571 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[2]
 • Total1,357
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
DemonymAyassins
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11020
Dialing code0125
Patron saintMartin of Tours
Saint day11 November
WebsiteOfficial website
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Ayas (Arpitan: Ayâs[3] or Ayah; Gressoney Walser: Ajats; Aiàs between 1939 and 1945[3]) is a comune sparso[4] in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy, with 1359 inhabitants in 2010.[5]

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b AA. VV. (1996). Dizionario di toponomastica. Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani. Milano: GARZANTI. p. 50.
  4. ^ The expression comune sparso means a comune whose administrative centre is in a hamlet whose name does not coincide with the name of the comune itself.
  5. ^ Data of Istat on 12/2010.