Comunità montana Mont Rose

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

The Comunità is named after the Monte Rosa mountain, the second highest mountain in the Alps.

Purpose
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:
 protection of alpine pastures (or Alpine tundra)
 development of tourism

Geography
This Comunità is in the southeastern part of Valle d'Aosta, to the east and south of Aosta, the capital city of the region. The comuni are in the central valley of the region and in two other small lateral valleys: Valle del Lys and Valle de Champorcher.

The main river in the Comunità is the Dora Baltea that flows through the Comunità from east to west.

The Comunità montana Mont Rose has a total area of about  and a population of 9,869; its population density is of  inhabitants/km2.

The headquarters of the mountain community are in Pont-Saint-Martin.

The Comunità includes the following comuni:

   ''Comuni  Population(2013)  Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²) Aosta central valley 1  Bard 130    3.02     2  Donnas 2,606    34.24     3  Hône 1,163    12.50     4  Pont-Saint-Martin 3,994    6.88     Valle del Lys 5  Fontainemore 449    31.57     6  Lillianes 470    18.86     7  Perloz 465    23.00     Valle di Champorcher 8  Champorcher 398    68.46     9  Pontboset 194    33.76    

References

Related pages
 Valle d'Aosta

Other websites
 The National Union of Mountain Towns and Communities - UNCEM 
 Comuniverso: le 211 Comunità montane  
 Guida Rurale della Valle d'Aosta. Comunità Montana Mont Rose - Walser, Alta Valle del Lys 

Category:Italian mountain communities