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Comunità montana Mont Emilius
Communauté de Montagne Mont-Émilius
Italian mountain community
Panor Quart abbc1.JPG
View of Quart
Country  Italy
Region Valle d'Aosta
Headquarters Quart
 - coordinates 44°00′N 7°25′E / 44.000°N 7.417°E / 44.000; 7.417
Area 344.36 km² (133 sq mi)
Population 22,528 (2013)
Density 65 /km² (168 /sq mi)
Subdivisions 10 comuni
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

The Comunità montana Mont Emilius ("Mont Emilius mountain community" is an association of 10 comuni in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta.

The Comunità is named after the Monte Emilius mountain, a high mountain in the Graian Alps near the city of Aosta.

Purpose

The Comunità was formed with very small communities that are at least partially in mountain regions in order to strengthen the economic development of the region and stop the rural-urban migration.

Its main purpose is to promote the development of the valleys in the preservation of their cultural and environmental heritage. The Comunità also helps with technical assistance to all the comuni of the region.

The main activities have been:

Geography

This Comunità is in the central part of Valle d'Aosta, southeast east of Aosta, the capital city of the Valle d'Aosta.

The Dora Baltea river flows through this Comunità.

The area of the Comunità montana Mont Emilius is about 344.36 km2 (132.96 sq mi). The population is 22,528;, so its population density is of 51 inhabitants/km2.

The headquarters of the mountain community are in Quart.

The Comunità includes these comuni:

  Comuni Population
(2013)
Area
(km²)
Density
(Inh./km²)
1 Brissogne 1,010   25.51   39.6
2 Charvensod 2,516   25.96   96.9
3 Fénis 1,796   68.28   26.3
4 Gressan 3,371   25.47   132.4
5 Jovençan 758   6.98   108.6
6 Nus 2,954   57.38   51.5
7 Pollein 1,568   15.41   101.8
8 Quart 3,921   62.32   62.9
9 Saint-Christophe 3,354   14.81   226.5
10 Saint-Marcel 1,280   42.24   30.3

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