Maira Valley (in

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''Val Maira'' or ''Valle Macra'') is a valley in south-west of

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in the

Province of Cuneo Cuneo (Italian), or Coni (Piedmontese), is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Haut ...

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Etymology

The valley takes its name from the river Maira, a right-hand

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...

of the Po which flows through the valley.

Geography

The

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of the valley are Busca,

Villar San Costanzo Villar San Costanzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. As of 31 August 2007, it had a population of 1,474 and an area of .All demo ...

Dronero Dronero ( oc, Draonier) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ...

Roccabruna Roccabruna (; oc, La Ròcha de Draonier or ; pms, La Ròcia ëd Droné) is a commune in the Province of Cuneo and the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. Roccabruna borders the following m ...

, Cartignano,

San Damiano Macra San Damiano Macra is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. San Damiano Macra borders the following municipalities: Cartignano, Castelm ...

Macra Macra is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. Macra borders the following municipalities: Celle di Macra, Marmora, Sampeyre, San Dam ...

Celle di Macra Celle di Macra (sometimes ‘Celle Macra’) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, Italy. It is located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. At the end of 2017 it had a population of 94. ...

Stroppo Stroppo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo. Stroppo borders the following municipalities: Elva, Macra, Marmora, Prazzo and Sampey ...

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Canosio Canosio is a small ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo. Canosio borders the following municipalities: Acceglio, Argentera, Marmora, Pietra ...

, Marmora,

Prazzo Prazzo is ''comune'' of the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, northern Italy. The main village is split into two parts, Prazzo Superiore (upper) and Prazzo Inferiore (lower), at about from each other on the national route 22. Prazzo is part of loca ...

and

Acceglio 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 southwest of Turin and about west of Cuneo, on the border wi ...

.''Carta Tecnica Regionale'' raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007

Notable summits

Among the notable summits which surround the valley (all of them belonging to the

Cottian Alps The Cottian Alps (; french: Alpes Cottiennes ; it, Alpi Cozie ) are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps. They form the border between France (Hautes-Alpes and Savoie) and Italy (Piedmont). The Fréjus Road Tunnel and Fréjus Ra ...

) there are: * Monte Oronaye - 3100 m * Buc de Nubiera - 3215 m * Brec de Chambeyron - 3412 m * Tête de la Frema - 3143 m * Monte Chersogno - 3026 m *

Pelvo d'Elva Pelvo d'Elva is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, in eastern Piedmont, northern Italy. It has an elevation of . Dividing the Varaita and Maira Valleys, it is located across the communal territory of Elva and Bellino Bellino is a ''comune'' (munic ...

- 3064 m * Rocca la Marchisa - 3072 m * Monte Maniglia - 3177 m *

Rocca la Meja Rocca la Meja is a mountain in the Cottian Alps, in the comune of Canosio, Piedmont, northern Italy. It has an altitude of 2,831 m and it is located in the Maira Valley. Of pyramidal shape, it is mostly composed of dolomitic limestone, and ...

- 2831 m *

Punta Tempesta Punta Tempesta is a 2,679 m a.s.l. mountain of the Cottian Alps, located in Italy. Etymology The name ''Tempesta'' in Italian means ''Storm''. Geography The mountain is located on a ridge which divides two sub-valleys of the Maira watersh ...

- 2679 m *

Monte Birrone The Monte Birrone is a high mountain in the Cottian Alps, belonging to the Italian province of Cuneo. Geography The mountain stands on the long ridge which, starting from the Main chain of the Alps, divides Maira Valley from Varaita Valley. ...

- 2131 m

Notes and references

External links

* http://www.valligranaemaira.it/ {{Authority control Valleys of Piedmont Valleys of the Alps Province of Cuneo

Etymology

Geography

Notable summits

See also

Notes and references

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