Cervinia changes its name, it is now Le Breuil: it is controversial
The signage will now have to change, but the residents' documents will also have to be modified. The mayor doesn't fit
Cervinia changes its name and is now called Le Breuil.
It is the result of research started in 2011 by the Municipality of Valtournenche to arrive at the official determination of the toponyms of the small Aosta Valley town among the ancient names of villages, hamlets and localities in the area.
Thus the Breuil basin where Cervinia is located, a tourist resort known throughout the world, regained its ancient name and became Le Breuil. The signage will now have to change, but the residents' documents will also have to be modified. The Valtournenche City Council approved the new names, in its decision-making autonomy provided for by law, last April.
The provision has already arrived on the table of the regional council which, last September, took note of the changes and a few days later the president Renzo Testolin signed the decree.
But the current mayor of Valtournenche, Elisa Cicco, elected last May when the measure had already passed in the city council, is not on board: «Tomorrow we will meet the president of the region. The goal is to find a solution together with the regional administration. We want to address the problem and understand what we can do. We will ask to be able to rectify the name and keep the name Cervinia. The change was made for a question of toponymy and that's it."
(Unioneonline/D)
