To make the lake of Beauregard, in the 1950s and 1960s, seven villages were abandoned: Fornet, Sevey, Beauregard, Suplun, Chappuis, Surier, Usellières. Some of their houses ended up under water, others are left looking at the shore.
On the silver band of the coat of arms is the pattern of a warp: it stands for the drap, the coarse sheep-wool cloth woven here for centuries, which today becomes blankets and bags. The parish was founded in 1392, and the bell tower of San Grato dates from then. Above the main village of 198 residents still stands the Savoy fort of 1889, now a dormitory for walkers; from the village starts the longest via ferrata in the Aosta Valley.
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📅 Every year, on 7 September
Valgrisenche celebrates Saint Gratus on 7 September, in the parish church dedicated to him, dating from 1390; the town is known for the drap de Valgrisenche, the ancient coarse wool cloth also depicted on the municipal coat of arms.
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Outside Valgrisenche, but an easy day trip away.
