Italian exonyms

Otherwise, La Brigue (Briga Marittima) and Tende (Tenda) were italian communes until 1947.

All these names were officially used until 1860, because the County of Nice was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, an Italian State.

As the region gained special autonomous status after the end of World War Two, the province of Aosta ceased to exist in 1945 and all the original French toponyms were reestablished as all the Italian ones were abolished, except from Aosta (co-official with the French Aoste).

Historical Italian Names of the Municipalities in the Canton Grisons (ital.

Cantone dei Grigioni) -[This material is taken from the book: ,,I Principali toponimi della Rezia curiense,,_Aurelio Garobbio_(autor)_/1941/- these names are marked with_*]-