The Chiusella valley (in

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''Valle Chiusella'' or, simply, ''Valchiusella'') is a valley in the

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Etymology

Valchiusella takes its name from

Chiusella The Chiusella () is a long river in the Piedmont region of Italy. Geography The Chiusella starts in the Graian Alps near Mount Marzo and Bocchetta delle Oche, a mountain pass connecting its valley with Val Soana. Flowing initially from NW ...

, a right-hand

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of the

Dora Baltea The Dora Baltea () or Doire Baltée () is a river in the Aosta Valley and in Piedmont, 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 ''Duri ...

which flows through the valley.

Geography

The valley starts in the

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from the rough mountains where it meets with

Aosta Aosta ( , , ; ; , or ; or ) is the principal city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual Regions of Italy, region in the Italy, Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the G ...

and Soana valleys and initially encompasses an almost unpopulated area used as

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during the summer. After

Traversella Traversella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located Metropolitan City about north of Turin. Traversella borders the following municipalities: Pontboset, Donnas, Valprato Soana, ...

the valley widens and becomes a hilly area punctuated with several small towns and villages.

Municipalities of the valley

The Val Chiusella is divided among the

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of: *

Brosso Brosso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Brosso borders the following municipalities: Tavagnasco, Traversella, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Quassolo, Lessolo ...

, * Issiglio, * Rueglio, *

, *

Val di Chy Val di Chy is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria ...

, *

Valchiusa Valchiusa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It i ...

* Vidracco, * Vistrorio

Notable summits

Among the summits which surround the valley (all belonging to the

) there are: * Monfandì - 2.819 m * Monte Giavino - 2.766 m * Monte Marzo - 2.756 m * Punta Liamau - 2.734 m * Punta Mariasco - 2.412 m * Monte Gregorio - 1955 m * Cima Bossola - 1.510 m

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