Aosta
comune in Aosta Valley, Italy
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Summary
Aosta is a comune of Italy[1]. Aosta ranks in the top 0.96% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,475 views/month, #68 of 7,096).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Aosta Valley[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Buthier[5]
- Head of government: Raffaele Rocco[6]
- Official language: Italian[7], French[8]
- Shares border with: Charvensod[9], Gressan[10], Pollein[11], Roisan[12], Saint-Christophe[13], Gignod[14], Sarre[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Narbonne[16], Albertville[17], Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[18], Martigny[19], Sinaia[20], Kaolack[21], San Giorgio Morgeto[22]
- Postal code: 11100[23]
- Commons category: Aosta[24]
- Licence plate code: AO[25]
- Patron saint: Gratus of Aosta[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[27], UTC+02:00[28]
- Local dialing code: 0165[29]
- Official website: https://www.comune.aosta.it/[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aosta[31]
- Commons gallery: Aosta - Aoste[32]
- Population: 34,324[33], 35,261[34], 34,361[35], 34,082[36], 33,093[37]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Aosta[38]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Encyclopedic Lexicon[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[43], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[44], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[45]
- Replaces: Augusta Praetoria Salassorum[46]
- Capital of: Aosta Valley[47], Collegio elettorale di Aosta (Regno di Sardegna)[48]
- Official name: Aosta[49], Aoste[50]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Aosta[51]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Aosta[52]
- Demonym: aostani[53], Aostois[54], Veullatsoù[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Aosta include Aosta Mechanized Brigade[56], a mechanized infantry brigade[57], in Kingdom of Italy[58], founded in 1831[59].
Why It Matters
Aosta has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Aosta is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for Aosta include Aosta Mechanized Brigade[56], a mechanized infantry brigade[57], in Kingdom of Italy[58], founded in 1831[59].