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The highest comune in each region of Italy

The single highest comune the catalogue holds in each region. 20 regions represented, highest first.

Every Italian region has a rooftop. This list finds the highest comune the catalogue holds in each of them, from the Alpine north to the islands.

Twenty entries, one per region, ranked by altitude. Sicily's entry outclimbs half the Alps' foothills, which surprises everyone the first time.

  1. 1.Livigno1,816 mSondrio · LombardyAt 1,816 meters in the Italian Alps near the Swiss border, a duty-free ski valley that drains north into the Black Sea, not the Mediterranean.
  2. 2.Ayas1,710 mAosta Valley · Aosta ValleyA scattered upper-valley commune of three villages under the Monte Rosa, where Walser settlers and Romance-speaking herders share the slopes below Castor and Pollux.
  3. 3.Corvara in Badia1,568 mBolzano · Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolThe Ladin centre of Alta Badia at 1,568 metres, at the foot of the Sassongher, on the four-pass Sellaronda ski circuit.
  4. 4.Capracotta1,421 mIsernia · MoliseAt 1,421 meters the second-highest commune in central Italy, holder of the world record for snowfall in 24 hours: 2.56 meters on 5 March 2015.
  5. 5.Usseaux1,416 mTorino · PiedmontA Val Chisone village at 1,416 meters with four scattered borgate and more than forty murals painted across the stone facades.

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  1. 6.Pescocostanzo1,395 mL'Aquila · AbruzzoA planned Renaissance town at 1,395 meters on the Quarto Grande plateau, with bobbin lace, wrought iron, and the wood ceilings of a five-nave church.
  2. 7.Abetone CutiglianoAbetone Cutigliano1,388 mPistoia · TuscanyThe Apennine ski pass at 1,388 meters where the Granduca's two stone pyramids of 1778 mark the old Tuscan-Modenese border.
  3. 8.Sappada1,250 mUdine · Friuli-Venezia GiuliaA German-speaking alpine village at 1,250 meters near the source of the Piave, settled from East Tyrol in the eleventh century and Italian since 1852.
  4. 9.Cortina d'Ampezzo1,224 mBelluno · VenetoThe Queen of the Dolomites at 1,224 meters, host of the 1956 Winter Olympics and co-host of Milano-Cortina 2026.
  5. 10.Petralia Soprana1,147 mPalermo · SicilyThe highest village in the Madonie at 1,147 meters, RAI Borgo dei Borghi 2018 winner, sitting above 80 kilometers of salt tunnels.
  6. 11.Pietrapertosa1,088 mPotenza · BasilicataBasilicata's highest commune at 1,088 meters, built into the Lucanian Dolomites with a Saracen rock-cut fortress and a 1,400-meter zipline to Castelmezzano.
  7. 12.San Giovanni in Fiore1,049 mCosenza · CalabriaThe capital of the Sila Grande at 1,049 meters, grown from the abbey Gioacchino da Fiore founded in 1188, Italy's most populated commune above a thousand.
  8. 13.Sestola1,020 mModena · Emilia-RomagnaA 1,020-meter Apennine town under Monte Cimone, with a Lombard-era castle above and the largest ski domain of central Italy on the slopes.
  9. 14.Santo Stefano d'Aveto1,012 mGenova · LiguriaLiguria's highest commune at 1,012 meters in the Ligurian-Emilian Apennines, with a Malaspina-Doria castle and the only ski resort in the region.
  10. 15.Fonni1,000 mNuoro · SardiniaThe highest village in Sardinia at 1,000 meters on the Gennargentu, with ski lifts to Bruncu Spina and the Madonna dei Martiri sanctuary.
  11. 16.Collalto Sabino980 mRieti · LazioA 980-meter Sabine borgo dominated by a Barberini baronial castle, with a 360-degree panorama from the keep over the Gran Sasso, Terminillo and Maiella.
  12. 17.Monteleone di Spoleto978 mPerugia · UmbriaWhere the 6th-century-BC Etruscan parade chariot now in the Met was found — a 555-resident Borghi più belli d'Italia borgo at 978m in the upper Nera valley, with a replica of the Monteleone Chariot (the original is in New York), the medieval Rocca dei Brancaleoni, and a stop on the Cammino di San Benedetto pilgrim route.
  13. 18.Letino961 mCaserta · CampaniaAt 961 meters the highest commune in the province of Caserta, where in April 1877 anarchists declared a Republic of Letino in the village hall.
  14. 19.Monte Sant'Angelo843 mFoggia · ApuliaThe Gargano peak at 843 meters where the Archangel Michael appeared in 490, the oldest western shrine to him, UNESCO since 2011.
  15. 20.Arquata del Tronto777 mAscoli Piceno · MarcheAt 777 meters between two national parks, the Marche commune levelled by the 2016 earthquakes and still rebuilding nine years on.

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