Bardonecchia
Bardonecchia (; ; , ) is an Italian town and comune located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley. It grew out of a small village with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first crossing the Alps.
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Bardonecchia is a town in northwestern Italy's Piedmont region that developed from a small village into a larger settlement due to construction of the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, a major engineering project. The tunnel was historically significant as the first railway line to cross the Alps, making Bardonecchia an important location in Alpine transportation history.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Bardonecchia
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Bardonecchia
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Bardonecchia panorama.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Bardonecchia-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.pushpin_map
- Italy Piedmont#Italy
- Italian comune.region
- Piedmont
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Turin (TO)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Borgonovo, Bacino di Rochemolles, Gleise, Les Issard, Millaures, Prerichard, Rivaux, Rochemolles
- Italian comune.mayor
- Chiara Rossetti
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 132.20
- Italian comune.population_total
- 3096
- Italian comune.population_as_of
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Bardonecchia (; ; , ) is an Italian town and comune located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley. It grew out of a small village with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first crossing the Alps.
The town hosted the snowboarding events of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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