Valtournenche

Valtournenche (local Valdôtain: Vótornéntse) is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, 1500 m above the sea level. It is named after and covers the upper side of the Valtournenche, a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, from Châtillon to the Matterhorn. Valtournenche municipality includes Breuil-Cervinia, whose ski resort is linked to Zermatt, Switzerland.

Notable people

 * Jean-Antoine Carrel (1829–1890), mountain climber
 * Jean-Joseph Maquignaz (1829–1890), mountain climber
 * Georges Carrel (1800–1870), canon, mountain climber and botanist
 * Luigi Carrel (1901–1983), mountain climber
 * Piero Maquignaz, skier and mountain climber