Sarre (;
Valdôtain: ;
Issime
Issime (; Issime ; ; Valdôtain: (locally in ''patois gabençois'' )Obsolete. Recent works in German indicate the official French name only - cfLiederbuch von Gressoney und Issime and Peter Zürrer, ''Sprachkontakt in Walser Dialekten: Gressone ...
) is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' in the
Aosta Valley
The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...
region of north-western
Italy
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.
Main sights include
Sarre Castle.
Twin towns — sister cities
Sarre is
twinned with:
*
La Turbie
La Turbie (; ; ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
History
La Turbie was famous in Roman times for the large monument, the Trophy of Augustus, that Augustus made to celebrate his victory over the Ligur ...
, France
Notable people
Sport
*
René-Laurent Vuillermoz (born 1977), retired Olympic biathlete
References
Cities and towns in Aosta Valley
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