Bionaz
Bionaz (French: [bjɔna] ; Valdôtain: Bioun-a; Biona from 1939 to 1946) is a comune sparso which extends over 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) of the North-Eastern Valpelline area of the Aosta Valley region of northwest Italy. The population of about 240 is dispersed among 20 or more small alpine villages and hamlets including Plan-de-Veyne, which is the main centre and the capoluogo (locally and officially also chef-lieu, in French). The commune belongs to the Unité des communes valdôtaines du Grand-Combin.
View of the Bionaz valley 
Place-Moulin Lake 
Refuge Prarayer
Villages, hamlets and other centres
The commune's statute designates the following frazioni (locally officially called hameaux, in French):
- Les Balmes
- Chentre
- Chez-Chenoux
- Chez-Noyer
- Chez-les-Merloz
- Les Crêtes
- Les Dzovennoz
- Lexert
- Les Ley
- Le Moulin
- Plan-de-Veyne
- Perquis
- Les Places
- Pouillayes
- La Quelod
- Les Rey
- Les Rus (Ru)
- Les Vagère
- Le Vianoz
The following localities, villages and other places not formally designated as hameaux, are also listed in the statute:
- Chamein
- Chez-Badin
- Le Clos-Neuf
- La Ferrère
- La Léchère
- Prarayer
- Propéraz
Mountain huts
Within the boundaries of the commune, there are also three mountain huts:
Notes
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ The expression comune sparso means a comune whose administrative centre is located in a hamlet whose name does not coincide with the name of the comune itself.
- ^ Commune de Bionaz - Statuts communaux.
- ^ Les Ley is named in the statute as Ly.
- ^ Les Rus is named in the statute as Rû.
References
- Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste (11 January 2005), Bulletin officiel de la Région autonome Vallée d'Aoste (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2005
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