Courmayeur

Courmayeur (, ; ) is a town and in northern Italy, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, serving as one of the two bases on either side of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain.

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Courmayeur is a town in Italy's Aosta Valley region that sits at the base of Mont Blanc, Europe's tallest mountain. It serves as one of the main access points for people visiting or climbing the famous peak.

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Italian comune.name: Courmayeur
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di CourmayeurCommune de Courmayeur
Italian comune.image_skyline: CourmayeurAug052024 01.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Courmayeur
Italian comune.image_shield: Blason ville It Courmayeur (AO).svg
Italian comune.shield_size: 75px
Italian comune.region: Aosta Valley
Italian comune.frazioni: Dolonne, Entrèves, La Palud, Villair-Dessous, Villair-Dessus, Larzey, Entrelevie, La Villette, La Saxe, Pussey
Italian comune.mayor_party: Independent
Italian comune.mayor: Stefano Miserocchi
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 210
Italian comune.population_total: 2602
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 December 2022
Italian comune.population_demonym: Courmayeureins
Italian comune.elevation_min_m: 1224
Italian comune.elevation_max_m: 4810
Italian comune.saint: St. Pantaleo
Italian comune.day: July 27

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: comune of Italy
Official name: Courmayeur
Demonym: Creméyerèn
Country: Italy
Located in: Aosta Valley
Population: 2602
Area: 209.61
Elevation: 1224
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Official website: www.comune.courmayeur.ao.it
Image: Courmayeur 001.JPG
Dialing code: 0165
Licence plate code: AO
Patron saint: Pantaleon

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topic's main category: Category:Courmayeur
Commons category: Courmayeur
postal code: 11013
twinned administrative body: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Courmayeur
category for people born here: Category:Births in Courmayeur
category of associated people: Category:People from Courmayeur
Commons gallery: Courmayeur
native label: Courmayeur
mountain range: Graian Alps
IPA transcription: kuʁmajœːʁ

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Courmayeur (, ; ) is a town and in northern Italy, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, serving as one of the two bases on either side of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain.

==History== The toponym Courmayeur has been mentioned as Curia majori (1233–1381), Corte Maggiore (1620), Cormoyeu (1648), Cormaior (1680), Cormaior (Vissher, 1695), Cormaggior (L'Isle, 1707), Cormaior (Stagnoni, 1772) and Cormaieur (Martinel, 1799). The present toponym was first confirmed by Édouard Aubert (''La Vallée d'Aoste, 1860), Joseph-Marie Henry (Histoire populaire de la Vallée d'Aoste, 1929) and Amé Gorret (Guide de la Vallée d'Aoste, 1877).

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