La Valle Agordina
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La Valle Agordina is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Belluno
Province of Belluno
TheThe Province of Belluno is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.It has an area of 3,678 km², and a total population of 214,026 .-Geography:...

 in the Italian
Italy
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 region Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, located about 90 km north of Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

 and about 20 km northwest of Belluno
Belluno
Belluno , is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 100 kilometres north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomiti's region. With its roughly 37,000 inhabitants, it the largest populated area...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,217 and an area of 48.7 km².

The municipality of La Valle Agordina contains the frazioni
Frazione
A 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) Cugnago, Fadés, Lantrago, Matten, Conaggia, Chiesa, Torsas, Gaidòn, Ronche, Ronchet, Cancellade, Noàch, Le Campe, and La Muda.

La Valle Agordina borders the following municipalities: Agordo
Agordo
Agordo is a town and comune sited in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region in Italy. It is located about 100 km north of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Belluno....

, Forno di Zoldo
Forno di Zoldo
Forno di Zoldo is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km north of Venice and about 25 km north of Belluno...

, Longarone
Longarone
Longarone is a town and comune on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno, in North-East Italy. It is situated 35 kilometers from Belluno....

, Rivamonte Agordino
Rivamonte Agordino
Rivamonte Agordino is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Veneto Region of NE Italy. It is located about 90 km north of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Belluno...

, Sedico
Sedico
Sedico is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 80 km north of Venice and about 9 km west of Belluno...

, Zoldo Alto
Zoldo Alto
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.

Territory

La Valle has a lot of mountains around itself and inside its municipality: Zelo (south), Talvena (east), the chain of San Sebastiano (north-east), a little piece of Moiazza.

We can also see other mountains outside of the municipality from the village: Framont (northwest, Agordo
Agordo
Agordo is a town and comune sited in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region in Italy. It is located about 100 km north of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Belluno....

), Agner (west, Agordo), Pale di San Lucano (west-northwest, Taibon Agordino
Taibon Agordino
Taibon Agordino is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 100 km north of Venice and about 25 km northwest of Belluno...

), Monti del Sole (like Sun mountains, southwest, Gosaldo
Gosaldo
Gosaldo is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km northwest of Venice and about 25 km northwest of Belluno...

), Imperina (south-southwest, Rivamonte Agordino
Rivamonte Agordino
Rivamonte Agordino is a comune in the Province of Belluno in the Veneto Region of NE Italy. It is located about 90 km north of Venice and about 20 km northwest of Belluno...

).

In La Valle's municipality there are a lot of little rivers, like Rova, Missiaga, Bordina and Val Clusa.
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