Bormio
Bormio | |
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Comune di Bormio | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 23032 |
Dialing code | 0342 |
Patron saint | Gervasius and Protasius |
Saint day | 19 June |
Website | Official website |
Bormio (Lombard: Bormi, Romansh: ⓘ, German: Worms im Veltlintal) is a town and comune with a population of about 4,100 located in the Province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy.
The centre of the upper
Geography
Bormio lies in the northeast of the Lombardy region at the top of the Valtellina, a broad glacial valley formed by the Adda River that flows down into Lake Como. It is linked to other valleys via four passes:
- South Tyrol via the Stelvio Pass
- Val Müstair via the Umbrail Pass
- Livigno via the Foscagno Pass
- Ponte di Legno via the Gavia Pass
History
Due to its thermal baths at Bagni Vecchi, Bagni Nuovi and Terme di Bormio, Bormio has long been a tourist attraction. Members of the
The town is centred on the historic Piazza Cavour and Via Roma, a historic main trading point on the route from
Alpine skiing
The village hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships twice, in 1985 and 2005, both cohosted with Santa Caterina di Valfurva. There are fifty kilometres (30 miles) of marked ski runs, the longest run of which is 6 km (4 mi), served by fifteen lifts and several ski schools.
Bormio is a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, usually with a men's downhill in late December. The Pista Stelvio, named after Stelvio Pass, is one of the most challenging downhill courses in the world; it is second-longest on the World Cup circuit, behind only the Lauberhorn in Wengen, Switzerland.
For the World Cup race in December 2017, the Stelvio started at an elevation of 2,255 m (7,398 ft), with a vertical drop of 1,010 m (3,314 ft) and course length of 3.27 km (2.03 mi). The winning time of Italian Dominik Paris was just under two minutes,[4] yielding an average speed of 100.66 km/h (62.5 mph) and a vertical descent rate of over 8.6 metres (28 ft) per second.
Main sights
People
- The Olympic skiing brothers Erminio, Giacinto and Stefano Sertorelli were born in Bormio.
- The head coach of the Italian national ski team in 1970–1976, Oreste Peccedi, was born and resides.
- The Italian ski mountaineers Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini were born in Bormio.
- The 6 times world champion runner Marco De Gasperi was born in Bormio.
Twin cities and towns
Bormio is
- Huez, France, since 2005.
- Qakh, Azerbaijan, since 2014.
- Bellpuig, Spain
References
- ^ "Sindaco | Comune di Bormio".
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "World Cup downhill results - Bormio" (PDF). FIS-ski.com. 28 Dec 2017.
Bormio | |
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chairlifts, 4 drag lifts, 2 other) | |
Lift capacity | 16,000 skiers/hr |
Snowfall | 300 cm - (118 in.) |
Snowmaking | 12 km² - (4.6 sq.mi.), 35% |
Website | Bormio.it |
External links
- Bormio online
- Bormio.it
- Bormio3.it
- Therme in Bormio
- Collection of videos of skiing in Bormio
- Sci Club Bormio
- Official Site of the Ski Areas
- Official Site of the Bormio Tourist Office Archived 2017-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Alta Valtellina Tourism
- Alta Rezia News Paper online Archived 2021-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
- Bormio ski resort guide, news&events...
Media related to Bormio at Wikimedia Commons