Sauze di Cesana | |
Official Name: | Comune di Sauze di Cesana |
Coordinates: | 44.9333°N 58°W |
Region: | Piedmont |
Metropolitan City: | Turin (TO) |
Frazioni: | Bessen Bass, Bessen Haut, Grangesises, Rollieres |
Mayor: | Maurizio Beria d'Argentina |
Area Total Km2: | 78.28 |
Population Total: | 244 |
Population As Of: | 31 August 2018[1] |
Population Demonym: | Sauzini or Sausini |
Elevation M: | 1560 |
Saint: | St. Restitutus |
Day: | Last Sunday in May |
Postal Code: | 10054 |
Area Code: | 0122 |
Sauze di Cesana (French: Sauze de Césane) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km west of Turin, on the border with France.
Sauze di Cesana borders the following municipalities: Abriès (France), Cesana Torinese, Pragelato, Prali, and Sestriere. Within the town is the Church of San Restituto, which was a strategic location during the time of the Dauphiné. In 1065 it was mentioned for the first time in the Bull of Cuniberto,[2] archbishop of Turin.