Usseglio ( pms, Ussèj, frp, Usèi, french: Ussel) 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 ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in 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 co ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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, located about northwest of
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, 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 ...
, on the border with France. It borders with the following municipalities:
Balme,
Bessans
Bessans is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located in the valley of Maurienne and crossed by the Arc river. Nestled in the center of a former glacial through, it is renown ...
(France),
Bruzolo,
Bussoleno
Bussoleno ( pms, Bussolin, french: Bussolin, frp, Busoulin) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin.
Bussoleno borders the following municipalities: Usseglio, M ...
,
Chianocco
Chianocco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern ...
,
Condove
Condove is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located in the Val di Susa about west of Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important bu ...
,
Lemie
Lemie is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.
Lemie borders the following municipalities: Ala di Stura
Ala di Stura (Piedmontese and Franco-Provençal: ' ...
,
Mompantero
Mompantero is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin in the Val di Susa, near the entrance of the Val Cenischia. Part of the town is on the slopes of th ...
,
Novalesa
Novalesa ( pms, Novalèisa, frp, Nonalésa, french: Novalaise) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, on the border with France.
Novalesa borders ...
.
What to do
Usseglio hosts the only
Miniature golf
Miniature golf, also known as minigolf, mini-putt, crazy golf, or putt-putt, is an offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game. The aim of the game is to score the lowest number of points. It is played ...
18 holes course in the area with night-time lighting and
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
tables.
See also
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Punta Sulè
Punta Sulè (in Piedmontese Ponta Solé) is a 3,384 m a.s.l.mountain of the Graian Alps, located in Italy.
Geography
The mountain is the highest elevation of the ridge between the terminal dales of the Stura di Viù valley, Peraciaval (North ...
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Rocciamelone
Rocciamelone ( pms, Ròcia-mlon, french: Rochemelon or ''Roche Melon'') is a 3,538 m high mountain in Piedmont, Italy, near the border between Italy and France.
Geography
Rocciamelone is located between Val di Susa and Maurienne, 50&nbs ...
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Lago di Malciaussia
Lago di Malciaussia is a reservoir situated at an elevation of 1,805 metres in the upper Valle di Viù in the north-west Italian province of Turin.
History
The reservoir was constructed in the 1920s and 1930s by damming the Stura di Viù, a ...
*
Viù
Viù is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.
Viù's central square used to feature a wooden statue of Pinocchio, which is 6.53 meters tall and weig ...
References
Cities and towns in Piedmont
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