Chamois, Aosta Valley

Chamois is a town in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley. The municipality has 101 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012), is located at an average altitude of 1818 m slm and has a size of 14 km ². The inhabitants are called chamoisiens. Chamois is a member of the Association of Municipalities Mountain Community Monte Cervino and is located in Valtournenche, a side valley of the Valle d'Aosta.

Chamois consists of the districts Corgnolaz, Crépin, Caillaz, Lac de Lod, La Ville, Lieusel and Suisse. The neighboring municipalities are Antey -Saint -André, Ayas, La Magdeleine and Valtournenche.

During the Fascist period, the village was the Italianate name Camosio.

Chamois is the only Italian community that is not connected to the road network. The village can only be reached by a cable car that starts from the village of Buisson in Antey -Saint -André. As a member of the Cooperation Alpine Pearls Chamois already supports a sustainable tourism for the community.

Photo Gallery

The mountain lake Lod.

The plateau of Chamois seen from Buisson from.

The station of the cable car in Buisson.