Émarèse ( Valdôtain: ) is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...

'' in the

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

region of north-western

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. It has 213 inhabitants.

Geography

The situation of the territory, located on the Northern part of

, favours sunlight conditions and landscape sightseeing. The elevation varies from 700 m to 2,107 m of Testa di Comagna. The Tzecore Pass links Émarèse and Challand-Saint-Anselme. The ''

'' is composed by a small group of villages sitting in a wide valley overlooking Saint-Vincent, with a sunny climate that is shielded from the wind. The area was quite well known during the mid half of 18th century because its gold and asbestos mines. It has a mainly agricultural vocation, with recent development in tourism. The landscape offers a large view to the summits of Becca di Viou and Mont Torché, to the mountain chain that from Rose des Bancs stretches to Mont Émilius and Rutor, as well as

Mont-Blanc Mont Blanc (french: Mont Blanc ; it, Monte Bianco , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, rising above sea level. It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbrus, and ...

. Downwards, the landscape shows the towns in the central valley and the

Dora Baltea Dora Baltea () or Doire Baltée () is a river in northwestern Italy. It is a left-hand tributary of the Po and is about long. Name The river's Latin name was ''Duria maior'', ''Duria Baltica'' or ''Duria Bautica''. Strabo called it Δουρ� ...

river. It is close to the Tzecore and to the Joux passes, at 1,640 m above sea level. The Joux Pass offers alpine ski facilities and cross-country slopes.

Sights

*Parish Church of

Saint Pantaleon Saint Pantaleon ( el, Παντελεήμων, russian: Пантелеи́мон, translit=Panteleímon; "all-compassionate"), counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Heale ...

, acknowledged since 1176, from 1373 merged with the church of Saint-Germain, then separated in 1747 by the bishop Pierre-François de Sales. The reconstruction, between 1882 and 1883, also raised the bell-tower. It hosts two wooden altars: one of the Madonna with two twisted columns, probably end of 17th century, in carved wood partly gilded; the other of St. Joseph from the beginning of the 18th century, also carved and gilded, restored after 1786. *Chapelle de Saint-Roch, chapel existing before 1713, with an annexed building renewed in 1978–1979, celebrating the Holy Family. *''Borna de ghiasa'', ( Arpitan for "the iced hole"), natural cooler site, used in the past to keep ice and for food conservation in summertime. *Abbé Trèves study center, located in the hamlet of ''Érésaz'', it hosts documents and objects of Joseph-Marie Trèves.Qui est l’abbé Trèves ?
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References

External links

Abbé Trèves study center
Cities and towns in Aosta Valley {{Aosta-geo-stub