Comunità montana Evançon

The Comunità montana Evançon ("Evançon mountain community", in French Communauté de montagne Évançon) is an association of a total of 9 comuni in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta.

The headquarters of the mountain community are in Verrès.

Purpose
Its main purpose is to promote the development of the valleys in the preservation of their cultural and environmental heritage.

The main activities have been:
 protection of alpine pastures (or Alpine tundra)
 development of tourism

Geography
These comuni are in the eastern part of Valle d'Aosta. The Comunità is named after the Evançon river that flows through the Val d'Ayas and is a left tributary of the Dora Baltea river, which flows through the "Comunità".

The Comunità montana Evançon has a total area of about  and a population of 11,617; its population density is of  inhabitants/km2.

Comuni
The following comuni are part of the Comunità:

   Comuni  Population(2013)  Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²) 1  Arnad 1,298    28.73     2  Ayas 1,397    129.90     3  Brusson 874    55.31     4  Challand-Saint-Anselme 769    27.84     5  Challand-Saint-Victor 594    25.27     6  Champdepraz 718    48.49     7  Issogne 1,416    23.77     8  Montjovet 1,817    18.73     9  Verrès 2,734    8.21    

References

Related pages
 Valle d'Aosta

Other websites
 The National Union of Mountain Towns and Communities - UNCEM 
 Comuniverso: le 211 Comunità montane  
 Comunità Montana dell'Evançon 
 Guida Rurale della Valle d'Aosta. Comunità Montana Evançon 

Category:Italian mountain communities