Sarre (; Valdôtain: ;

Issime Issime (; Issime ; ; Valdôtain: (locally in ''patois gabençois'' )Obsolete. Recent works in German indicate the official French name only - cfLiederbuch von Gressoney und Issime and Peter Zürrer, ''Sprachkontakt in Walser Dialekten: Gressone ...

) is a

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and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' in the

Aosta Valley The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...

region of north-western

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. Main sights include

Sarre Castle Sarre Castle (, ) is a castle located in Sarre, Aosta Valley, Sarre, Aosta Valley, Italy. History News of a fortified house or perhaps a simple tower guarding the territory dates back to the 13th century. There is evidence that in 1242, the b ...

Twin towns — sister cities

Sarre is twinned with: *

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, France

Notable people

Sport

* René-Laurent Vuillermoz (born 1977), retired Olympic biathlete

References

Cities and towns in Aosta Valley {{Aosta-geo-stub