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Aosta Valley
Aosta Valley/Val d'Outa or Vallée d'Aoste
General information
Population: 119.020 inhabitants (2007)
Area: 3.263 km²
Institutions: Valley Council and Regional Assembly
State administration: Italy
Major cities: Aosta, Saint-Vincent
Territorial languages: Francoprovençal, French
Official language: French and Italian
Major religion: Christianity (Catholicism)
Politics
Capital: Aosta
President: Augusto Rollandin, Union Valdôtaine-L'Unione (2008)
Political system: Autonomy with special statute within the Italian state
Distribution of seats in Parliament (2008). 35 members:
Autonomist coalition
Union Valdôtaine – 17
Stella Alpina – 4
Fédération Autonomiste – 2
Autonomist-progressive coalition
Partito Democratico – 3
Vallée d'Aoste Vive-Renouveau Valdôtain – 5
Centre-Right
La Casa delle Libertà – 3
Electoral system: Proportional, with a single constituency
Government: Autonomist coalition, led by Union Valdôtaine
Degree of autonomy
The Aosta Valley is one of the Italian autonomous regions with a special statute, alongside Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sicily and Sardinia. Its devolved powers include control over the economy, agriculture and environment, town and country planning, education and culture.
Comments
Out of all the Italian autonomous regions, the Aosta Valley has shown the greatest interest in the collective rights of stateless peoples. The Government most recently gave its support by hosting the Conference of European Stateless Nations (CONSEU) on 12-13 October 2007 in Saint-Vincent.
Links
Politics
Aosta Valley Autonomous Region www.regione.vda.it
Aosta Valley's Special Statute www.consiglio.regione.vda.it/statuto/statuto_f.pdf
Union Valdôtaine www.unionvaldotaine.org