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Bionaz

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Bionaz

Comune

Comune di Bionaz
Commune de Bionaz

Coat of arms

Location of the commune within the Aosta Valley region

Location of Bionaz

Bionaz

Location of Bionaz in Italy

Bionaz

Bionaz (Aosta Valley)

Coordinates: 45°52′N 7°25′E / 45.867°N 7.417°E / 45.867; 7.417

Country

none

See Villages, hamlets and other centres

Government

• Mayor

Armando Chentre (elected 2005-05-09)

Area

^[1]

• Total

142.82 km² (55.14 sq mi)

Elevation

1,606 m (5,269 ft)

Population

(31 December 2023)^[2]

• Total

221

• Density

1.5/km² (4.0/sq mi)

Demonym

Bionassins

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postal code

11010

Dialing code

0165

Patron saint

Saint Margaret

Saint day

20 July

Website

Official website

Bionaz (Valdôtain: Bioun-a; Biona from 1939 to 1946) is a comune sparso^[3] which extends over 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) of the North-Eastern Valpelline area of the Aosta Valley region of northwest Italy. The commune lies on the left side of the river Dora Baltea. The population of about 240 is dispersed among 20 or more small alpine villages and hamlets including Plan-de-Veyne, which is the main centre and the capoluogo (locally and officially also chef-lieu, in French). The commune belongs to the Unité des communes valdôtaines du Grand-Combin.

Villages, hamlets and other centres[edit]

Bionaz valley

The commune's statute^[4] designates the following frazioni (locally officially called hameaux, in French):

Les Balmes
Chentre
Chez-Chenoux
Chez-Noyer
Chez-les-Merloz
Les Crêtes
Les Dzovennoz
Lexert
Les Ley^[5]
Le Moulin
Plan-de-Veyne
Perquis
Les Places
Pouillayes
La Quelod
Les Rey
Les Rus (Ru)^[6]
Les Vagère
Le Vianoz

The following localities, villages and other places not formally designated as frazioni, are also listed in the bulletin:

Chamein
Chez-Badin
Le Clos-Neuf
La Ferrère
La Léchère
Prarayer
Propéraz

Mountain huts[edit]

Within the boundaries of the commune, there are also three mountain huts:

Notes[edit]

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

^ The expression comune sparso means a comune whose administrative centre is located in a hamlet whose name does not coincide with the name of the comune itself.

^ Commune de Bionaz - Statuts communaux.

^ Les Ley is named in the statute as Ly.

^ Les Rus is named in the statute as Rû.