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Mont Blanc in Aosta Valley, the highest point in the European Union Blue Lake [11] and the Matterhorn. The Aosta Valley is an Alpine valley which, with its tributary valleys, includes the Italian slopes of Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Gran Paradiso and the Matterhorn; its highest peak is Mont Blanc (4,810 m or 15,780 ft).
Courmayeur and the Mont Blanc. At an elevation of 1,224 m (4,016 ft) above sea level, it is located at the foot of the southern side of Mont Blanc, at 4,810 m (15,781 ft) the highest point in the Alps and western Europe (see Seven Summits), and is crossed by the Dora Baltea (fr. Doire baltée) river.
Aosta / Aoste: 34,270 007004 Arnad: 1,294 007005 Arvier: 848 007006 Avise: 312 007007 Ayas: 1,296 007008 Aymavilles: 1,966 007009 Bard: 135 007010 Bionaz: 244 007011 Brissogne: 962 007012 Brusson: 860 007013 Challand-Saint-Anselme: 695 007014 Challand-Saint-Victor: 589 007015 Chambave: 937 007016 Chamois: 99 007017 Champdepraz: 674 007018 ...
Aosta is also served by the A5 motorway between Turin and Courmayeur. [17] Aosta railway station, opened in 1886, forms part of the Chivasso–Ivrea–Aosta railway. Direct trains only connect Aosta up to the city of Ivrea. The branch line to nearby Pré-Saint-Didier, in the Valdigne, on the way towards Courmayeur was closed in 2015.
Dolomites - SE II/C-31.II-A Belluno 1860 Monte del Forno: 3,214 10,545 446 1,463 Bregaglia Range: II/A-15.III-B ... Aosta Valley: Kesselkogel: 3,002 9,849 814
The valley was for a long period a site of exchange—or of conflict—with the neighbouring Valais. In the Middle Ages the valley was a possession of the lords of Quart , which they granted to the noble family of the district known as La Tour-de-Valpelline (or La-Tour-des-Prés ).