Chiomonte (french: Chaumont, pms, Cimon) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions (''Regions of Italy, regioni'') and provinces (''Provinces ...
'' (municipality) within the
metropolitan city of Turin
The Metropolitan City of Turin ( it, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piedmontese: ''Sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a metropolitan city in the Piedmont region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the Province of Turin and c ...
in the
Italian region of
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about west of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...
itself. The name of the town derives from the Latin ''Calcis Mons'', which refers to the calcium-rich soil of the area. Before the 8th century, Chiomonte was located on the south side of its present valley but, after a landslide, the town was moved to its present location.
Chiomonte borders the following municipalities:
Giaglione,
Exilles,
Gravere
Gravere (french: Gravière) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. Until 1713, it was the first commune in the Val di Susa in the Duchy of Savoy when coming ...
, and
Usseaux
Usseaux ( oc, Ussiau,Lucie Amaro-Péguy, ''L’occitan alpin d’Usseaux; description d’une langue en danger, en contact avec deux aires dialectales (francoprovençale et piémontaise), et sous l’influence de deux langues standards (français e ...
.
Sights include the 15th-century church of Santa Maria.
Chiomonte is known for its
ice wine
Ice wine (or icewine; german: Eiswein) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing for a more concentrated gra ...
and is one of the few areas in Italy producing this type of wine.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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