What is Sestriere?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Sestriere | official_name = Comune di Sestriere | native_name = | image_skyline = CollediSestriere.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Sestriere | image_shield = Sestriere-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|44|57|N|6|53|E|type:city(1,043)_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Piedmont]] | metropolitan_city = [[Metropolitan City of Turin|Turin]] (TO) | frazioni = Colle Sestriere, Borgata Sestriere, Champlas Du Col, Champlas Janvier | mayor_party = Civic List | mayor = Giovanni Cesare Poncet | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 25.92 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 929 | population_as_of = 1 January 2021 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Sestrierese(i) | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 2035 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = [[Edward the Confessor|Saint Edward]] | day = 13 October | postal_code = 10058 | area_code = 0122 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.sestriere.to.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Sestriere''' is a [[ski resort]] in [[Piedmont]], [[Italy]] and a ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Metropolitan City of Turin]]. Sestriere was a main venue during the [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympic Games]] and the [[2006 Winter Paralympics]], hosting all the men's alpine skiing competitions and being the site of one of the three Olympic Villages. It is a part of the [[Via Lattea]] (Milky Way) ski area in Italy, where the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] were held. == References == {{reflist}} {{Metropolitan City of Turin}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Comunes of Turin]] [[Category:Ski areas a