Bionaz

Bionaz
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
Country	Italy
Region	Aosta Valley
Province	none
Frazioni	See Villages, hamlets and other centres
Government
• Mayor	Armando Chentre (elected 2005-05-09)
Area
• Total	142.82 km2 (55.14 sq mi)
Elevation	1,606 m (5,269 ft)
Population (31 December 2023)
• 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 (French pronunciation: [bjɔna]; 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

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

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

Notes

^ "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.

References

Regione Autonoma Valle d’Aosta (11 January 2005), Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2005

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[3] 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.

[4] Commune de Bionaz - Statuts communaux.

[5] Les Ley is named in the statute as Ly.

[6] Les Rus is named in the statute as Rû.

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