Acceglio
Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Acceglio (Vivaro-Alpine: Acelh) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located above Prazzo in the upper Valle Maira about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southwest of Turin and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of Cuneo, on the border with France.
Acceglio borders the following municipalities: Argentera, Bellino, Canosio, Larche (France), Meyronnes (France), Prazzo, and Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye (France).
01Tourism
The territory of Acceglio, thanks to its intact natural environment, is a destination for hiking, mountain biking and mountaineering. To support those activities, Acceglio has several alpine huts:
02Frazioni
Acceglio has 11 frazioni whose elevation above sea level varies between approximately 1,200 and 1,650 metres (3,940 and 5,410 ft):
- Villar (1375 m)
- Ponte Maira (1404 m)
- Saretto (1533 m)
- Chiappera (1614 m) (pictured)
- Bargia (1401 m)
- Lausetto (1510 m)
- Colombata (1576 m)
- Frere (1196 m)
- Gheit (1372 m)
- Chialvetta (1494 m)
- Pratorotondo (1639 m)
03Geography
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification, Acceglio experiences a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb), influenced by its mid-latitude, sub-alpine location.
| Climate data for Acceglio Saretto (1951-1980) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average precipitation mm | 52 | 61 | 71 | 78 | 96 | 87 | 53 | 66 | 84 | 113 | 86 | 62 | 907 |
| Average precipitation inches | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 35.7 |
| Source: www.isprambiente.gov.it | |||||||||||||
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Acceglio”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Acceglio panorama.JPG by Luca Aless, GFDL
- Alta Val Maira.jpg by Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chiappera1.jpg by Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
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