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- Aosta Valley
- Region of Italy
- own name: Valle d'Aosta
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Flag of the Aosta Valley,
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Flag of the Aosta Valley,
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The flag of Aosta Valley shows two vertical stripes in red and black and in the middle the coat of arms of the region. This shows a golden bordered shield with a silvery lion on black. The origin of the arms is not known. There are also versions of the flag without a coat of arms.
Source: Wikipedia (D)
all names in Italian
Source: Volker Preuß
Area: 1.260 square miles
Inhabitants: 126.800 (2016), thereof ca. 80% Aostanians (Frenchmen)
Density of Population: 101 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Aosta, 34.300 Ew. (2016)
Languages: French, Italian
Time Zone: GMT + 1
Source: Wikipedia (D)
2000 B.C. · immigration of the Salassi people
1500 B.C. · immigration of Celts
4th cent. B.C. to 25 B.C. · Roman conquest, the Aosta Valley comes to the Province of Italia
401 · withdrawal of the last Roman troops
443 · the Aosta Valley comes to the Empire of the Burgundians
534 · conquest by the Franks, incorporation of the Aosta Valley into the Frankish Empire of the Carolingians
870 · at the partition of the Carolingian empire comes the Aosta Valley to the Kingdom of Italy
880 · at a once more partition of the Carolingian empire comes the Aosta Valley to the Kingdom of Upper Burgund
933 · Upper Burgund and Lower Burgund get united to the Kingdom of Burgund (Arelate)
10th cent. · invasions of Hungarians and Saracenes
1032/34 · Burgund (inclusive Aosta Valley) comes to the German Kingdom
1095 · the Aosta Valley becomes a county of the Kingdom of Burgund
1191 · the Aosta Valley comes to the County of Savoy, but gets an autonomous special status
1720 · unification of Sardinia with the country of Savoy-Piedmont, establishment of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont by the house of Savoy
1770 · the house of Savoy terminates the autonomous special status and ties the valley close to the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont
1797 · after the conquest by French troops remains the Aosta Valley at Piedmont (napolèonic satellite state)
1802 · annexation of whole Piedmont by the Napolèonic France
1814 · the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont gets restored
1859 · war of independence against Austria, France intervenes, Austria loses and leaves from Italy, France annexes the Country of Savoy without the Aosta Valley
1861 · king Vittorio Emanuele of Sardinia-Piedmont proclaims the Kingdom of Italy
1881 · the regions of Aosta Valley and Piedmont get united
1945 · the Aosta Valley gets an autonomous status within the Region of Piedmont
1947 · the Aosta Valley separates from Piedmont
1948 · recognition of the Aosta Valley's autonomy, establishment of the Italian Region of Aosta Valley
1971 · Aosta Town gets irrevocably recognized as the capital
Source: Atlas zur Geschichte,
Wikipedia (D),
World Statesmen
The name "Aosta" goes back to the Roman place named "Augusta Praetoria".
Source: Handbuch der geographischen Namen
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