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Comune in Piedmont, Italy

Exilles
Comune
Comune di Exilles
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Coordinates: 45°6′N 6°56′E / 45.100°N 6.933°E / 45.100; 6.933
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Metropolitan city Turin (TO)
Frazioni Deveys, Morliere, San Colombano, Champbons
Government
• Mayor Michelangelo Luigi Castellano
Area[1]
• Total 46.55 km2 (17.97 sq mi)
Elevation 870 m (2,850 ft)
Population (1-1-2017)[2]
• Total 268
• Density 5.76/km2 (14.9/sq mi)
Demonym Esillese(i) or Exillese(i)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 10050
Dialing code 0122
Patron saint Saint Peter
Saint day June 29
Website Official website

Exilles (Occitan: Eissilhas;[3] nonstandard Occitan: Isiya;[4] Piedmontese: Isiles; Latin: Excingomagus or Scingomagus;[5] Italianization under Italian Fascism: Esille) is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Turin, on the border with France.

It is the location of the Exilles Fort, an alpine fortification which guarded the route between the Kingdom of France and the Duchy of Savoy.

Exilles borders the following municipalities: Bardonecchia, Bramans (France), Chiomonte, Giaglione, Oulx, Pragelato, Salbertrand, and Usseaux.

The ancients considered Exilles the first place in Italy coming from Gaul over the Alpine passes. As Scingomagus (Ancient Greek: Σκιγγόμαγος), Exilles is first mentioned by Strabo,[6] who, when speaking of one of the passes of the Alps, says that from Ebrodunum (modern Embrun) on the Gallic side through Brigantium (modern Briançon) and Scingomagus and the pass of the Alps to Ocelum, the limit of the land of Cottius (the Alpes Cottiae) is 159 kilometres (99 mi); and at Scingomagus Italy begins, the distance from Scincomagus to Ocelum being 43 kilometres (27 mi). Pliny the Elder also makes Italy extend to the Alps at Scingomagus, and then he gives the breadth of Gallia from Scingomagus to the Pyrenees and Illiberis.

Twin towns — sister cities

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Exilles is twinned with:

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ^ D. Sumien, 2021, “Eissilhas: un toponim plen d’istòria e de chambiaments lingüistics”, Jornalet 18.10.2021 [1] Archived 2022-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ As seen on the entrance road sign (cf. Google Street View)
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 17.
  6. ^ iv.