La Thuile, Italy

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di La Thuile
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elevation_m = 1450
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area_total_km2 = 125
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population_as_of = 31-12-2006
population_total = 795
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population_density_km2 = 6
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gentilic = Thuileins
telephone = 0165
postalcode = 11016
frazioni = Entreves, Arly, Moulin, Grande Golette, Piccola Golette, Buic, Thovex, Villaret, Pera Carà, Promise, Pont Serrand, Les Granges, Petosan, Bathieu, Preillon, La Joux, Les Suches
saint = San Nicola
day = 9 May
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La Thuile is a town and "comune" in the Aosta Valley of northwest Italy.

Geography

La Thuile is situated in the Alps at the extreme north-east of the country, close to the French alpine town of La Rosière. La Thuile is situated along a road going from Pré-Saint-Didier in the north-west up to the Little St Bernard Pass in the south-east linking Italy to Bourg-Saint-Maurice and the Isère Valley in France.

Economy

Coal mining (anthracite) was important in the area before World War II, many diggings and old mining structures can be seen around the village. Nowadays, La Thuile depends on tourism in winter (for the winter sports) and summer (hikers). The town is fairly small but has a few shops, restaurants and hotels.

Events

La Thuile is fairly well known in the particle physics community for an annual international winter conference called "Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallée d'Aoste" held there organized by Italy's Institute of Nuclear Physics.

Transportation

Public transportation includes regular buses connecting La Thuile to Pré-Saint-Didier, the latter has a railway station connected to the Italian railway network via Aosta.

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