Exilles (
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
:
Scingomagus) is a
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
(municipality) in the
Province of TurinThe Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin....
in the
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
region
PiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km
2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...
, located about 60 km west of
TurinTurin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch...
, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 285 and an area of 44.4 km².
The municipality of Exilles contains the
frazioniA frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Deveys, Cels, San Colombano, and Champbons.
Exilles borders the following municipalities:
BardonecchiaBardonecchia is an Italian town and comune located in the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley....
,
BramansBramans is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France....
(France),
ChiomonteChiomonte is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 992 and an area of 26.7 km²....
,
GiaglioneGiaglione is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, on the border with France...
,
OulxOulx is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km west of Turin, in the Susa Valley on the border with France.-Names:...
,
PragelatoPragelato is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 536 and an area of 89.6 km²....
,
SalbertrandSalbertrand is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December, 2004, it had a population of 522 and an area of 40.9 km²....
, and
UsseauxUsseaux is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 190 and an area of 38.5 km²....
.
The ancients considered Exilles the first place in Italy coming from
GaulGaul is a historical name used in the context of the Roman Empire in references to the region of Western Europe approximating present day France and Belgium, but also sometimes including the Po Valley, western Switzerland, and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River...
over the Alpine passes.
Exilles (
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
:
Scingomagus) is a
comuneIn Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.- Importance and function :...
(municipality) in the
Province of TurinThe Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin....
in the
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
region
PiedmontPiedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km
2 and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the so-called Occitan Valleys...
, located about 60 km west of
TurinTurin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River surrounded by the Alpine arch...
, on the border with France. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 285 and an area of 44.4 km².
The municipality of Exilles contains the
frazioniA frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Deveys, Cels, San Colombano, and Champbons.
Exilles borders the following municipalities:
BardonecchiaBardonecchia is an Italian town and comune located in the Province of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley....
,
BramansBramans is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France....
(France),
ChiomonteChiomonte is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 992 and an area of 26.7 km²....
,
GiaglioneGiaglione is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, on the border with France...
,
OulxOulx is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km west of Turin, in the Susa Valley on the border with France.-Names:...
,
PragelatoPragelato is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 536 and an area of 89.6 km²....
,
SalbertrandSalbertrand is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin. As of 31 December, 2004, it had a population of 522 and an area of 40.9 km²....
, and
UsseauxUsseaux is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km west of Turin. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 190 and an area of 38.5 km²....
.
Geographical significance
The ancients considered Exilles the first place in Italy coming from
GaulGaul is a historical name used in the context of the Roman Empire in references to the region of Western Europe approximating present day France and Belgium, but also sometimes including the Po Valley, western Switzerland, and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River...
over the Alpine passes. As Scingomagus (
GreekGreek , an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, is the language of the Greeks. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. In its ancient form, it is the language of classical...
, Exilles is first mentioned by
StraboStrabo was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born in a wealthy family from Amaseia in Pontus , which had recently become part of the Roman Empire.. He studied under various geographers and philosophers; first in Nysa, later in Rome...
(iv.), who says, when he is speaking of one of the passes of the Alps, that from Ebrodunum (modern
EmbrunEmbrun is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in south-eastern France.-Description:...
) on the
GallicGaul is a historical name used in the context of the Roman Empire in references to the region of Western Europe approximating present day France and Belgium, but also sometimes including the Po Valley, western Switzerland, and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River...
side through Brigantium (modern
BriançonBriançon is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in south-eastern France. It is the sub-prefecture of the department.At 1,350 meters it is the second highest city in Europe after Davos...
) and Scingomagus and the pass of the Alps to Ocelum, the limit of the land of
CottiusMarcus Julius Cottius was king of the Ligurian tribes inhabiting the mountainous region now known as the Cottian Alps early in the first century B.C. He was the son and successor of King Donnus, who had previously opposed but later made peace with Julius Caesar...
(the
Alpes CottiaeAlpes Cottiae was a province of the Roman Empire, one of three small provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy. Its name survives in the modern Cottian Alps. In antiquity, the province's most important duty was the safeguarding of communications over the Alpine passes...
) is 99 miles; and at Scingomagus Italy begins: and the distance from Scincomagus to Ocelum is 27 miles.
Pliny the ElderGaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was an author, naturalist, and natural philosopher as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
also (ii. 108) makes Italy extend to the Alps at Scincgmagus, and then he gives the breadth of Gallia from Scingomagus to the
PyreneesThe Pyrenees are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain...
and
IlliberisIn Roman times Illiberis was the name of 2 places:-- *Illiberis or *Iliberris, Hispania Baetica, Pliny's Illiberi Liberini, modern Granada.-- *Illiberis or *Illibere, Gallia Narbonensis, modern Elne....
.
Demographic evolution
The number of inhabitants of Exilles has steadily declined since at least 1861.
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