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Sessera Valley

Field	Value
name	Sessera Valley
other_name	Valle Sessera
photo	Pan valsessera dalla cima delle guardie.jpg
photo_caption	The valley seen from Cime delle Guardie
coordinates
location	Province of Biella, Piedmont, Italy
orientation	west east
length	around 20 km
elevation	450 -
type	River valley
map_image	Valle_sessera_posizione.png
map_caption	Location of the valley in Piedmont, NW Italy

Sessera Valley (in Italian Valle Sessera) is a valley in north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Biella, Italy.

Etymology

The valley takes its name from the river Sessera, a right-hand tributary of the Sesia which flows through the valley.

Geography

The municipalities of the lowest part of the valley are Ailoche, Caprile, Coggiola, Crevacuore, Guardabosone, Pray and Portula. Its highest part is used as pasture and administratively is divided in several exclaves belonging to the municipalities of the central part of the Province of Biella.

Notable summits

Among the notable summits which surround the valley (al belonging to the Biellese Alps) there are:

Monte Bo - 2.556 m
Testone delle Tre Alpi - 2.081 m
Cima dell'Asnas - 2.039 m
Monte Barone - 2.044 m
Cima delle Guardie - 2.001 m

Nature conservation

The highest part of the valley and some surrounding areas are included in a SIC (Site of Community Importance) of 10,786.73 ha called Val Sessera (code IT1130002).

References

''Carta Tecnica Regionale'' [[raster graphics. raster]] 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007
''Alta Valsessera'', Centro Studi Biellesi (DocBi), on-line: [http://www.docbi.it/altavals.htm www.docbi.it] {{webarchive. link. (2012-08-06 , accessed in December 2012)
''Siti di Importanza Comunitaria (SIC)'', Regione Piemonte, list on [http://gis.csi.it/parchi/sic.pdf gis.csi.it] {{webarchive. link. (2016-03-03 (accessed on April 2013))

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