Limone Piemonte (

Vivaro-Alpine Vivaro-Alpine ( oc, vivaroalpenc, vivaroaupenc) is a variety of Occitan spoken in southeastern France (namely, around the Dauphiné area) and northwestern Italy (the Occitan Valleys of Piedmont and Liguria). There is also a small Vivaro-Alpine ...

: ''Limon'') is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about south of

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and about south of

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, on the border with

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. As of September 2017, it had a population of 1,476 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Limone dall'alto

The train reached Limone in 1891 and made it to be a "ski-station", after in 1897 the skis arrived in Italy. In 1907 a competition began the official history of ski in Limone and in 2007 the town celebrated the "Century of skiing". Its fortune was permitted also by the presence of the

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, which connected the town with many rich and famous locations, such as

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and

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. Limone Piemonte borders the following municipalities: Boves,

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(France),

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(France),

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Ski resort

Limone Piemonte is one of the oldest ski resorts in Italy. The Riserva Bianca (eng: White Reserve) consists in about 80 kilometres of trails, served by 1

gondola lift A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate ...

, 10

chairlifts An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs. They ...

, 3

ski lifts A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts. The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/Eisenbach, Hochschwarzwald. Types * Aerial ...

and 2 carpets: it connects three different ski areas (Limone-Sole, Tre Amis, Limonetto) while a forth one (Limone-Cros), too far from the other three, was abandoned in 1998. The resort hosted several editions of the

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and the

FIS Snowboard World Cup The FIS Snowboard World Cup is an annual snowboarding competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1994. Since its inauguration, different disciplines have been added and removed, along with categories used to group them. ...

. Before the beginning of the

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its trails had been chosen as an alternative location for skiing and snowboarding training and competitions, in case of lack of snow in the

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, so they had been homologated to the standards and equipped with newer chairlifts. Moreover, thanks to the presence of untouched fields and to the heavy winter

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of this section of the

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, Limone is becoming more and more famous for

off-piste skiing Backcountry skiing ( US), also called off-piste (Europe), alpine touring, or out-of-area, is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas either inside or outside a ski resort's boundaries. This contrasts with alpine skiing, which ...

Demographic evolution

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Ski resort

Demographic evolution

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