Ayas, Italy

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Ayas
img_coa = Ayas-Stemma.png img_coa_small =


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elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 1698
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 129
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 31-12-2006
population_total = 1335
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 10
coordinates = coord|45|49|0|N|7|41|0|E|region:IT_type:city(1335)
gentilic = Ayassini o aiassins
telephone = 0125
postalcode = 11020
frazioni = Antagnod, Champoluc, Cunéaz, Frachey, Lignod, Periasc, Pilaz, Saint Jacques
saint = Martin of Tours
day = 11 November
mapx = #expr:45 + 49 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:7 + 41 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Ayas
name = Ayas
website = http://www.comune.ayas.ao.it/

Ayas is a comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.

Geography

It is made up of several "frazioni" (literally "fractions"), the two major ones being Antagnod which holds the town hall and the main parish, and Champoluc. The comune of Ayas lies up the Ayas valley from Brusson.All the "frazioni" of Ayas were combined under the one jurisdictional parish of S. Martino de Antagnod in 1761. They remained combined in this way until the new parish of S. Anne of Champoluc was built in 1946. Some other "frazioni" of the valley include Cornu, Lignod, Periasc, Magnechoulaz, Bisous, Magneaz, Mascognaz, Champlan, Frachey, and at the upper end of the valley, St. Jacques. (Aosta Valley: Tourist Guide and Road Map, 1:100,000. Litografia Artistica Cartografica)

[http://www.varasc.it An Italian Website concerning the Ayas Valley, with avalaible English translations]