Occitan Valleys
Its major towns are Lo Borg Sant Dalmatz (Borgo San Dalmazzo), Buscha (Busca), Boves (Bueves) and Draonier (Dronero).
Italian and Piedmontese are spoken by the majority of the people in the area, and the patois is much influenced by both the other two languages.
In the past, in the lower Val Chisone, Waldensian communities were the major part of the population.
The Lower Chisone Valley in the 20th century had a rapid industrial growth, and since then the Waldensian was replaced by Piedmontese in the most bustled villages.
These are the communities which are referred as "Occitan" in the text of the 482/99 Act, and by the agency of linguistic safeguard Chambra d'Oc, even if there was no previous source which supported this appellation.
A. Communes declared to be Occitan-speaking, according to Italian law 482/99
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B. Communes declared to be partly Occitan-speaking, according to Italian law 482/99
C. Communes of the valleys not declared to be Occitan-speaking, according to Italian law 482/99
D. Communes declared to be Francoprovençal-speaking, according to Italian law 482/99
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E. Communes declared to be French-speaking, according to Italian law 482/99
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F. Italian communes of the Marquisate of Dolceacqua and other dependencies of the County of Nice
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G. Approximative boundary of the Occitan valleys
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H. Boundary of Occitan language according to IRES of Piedmont, where it differs from G
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I. Boundary of the Occitan language according to the IEO, where it differs from G
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K. Approximative boundary of the Occitan language
L. Approximative boundary of Old Occitan
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M. Eastern boundary of the county of Nice
N. Eastern boundary of the department of
Alpes-Maritimes
(1793-1814)
O. Eastern boundary of the
province of Nice
(1859-1860)
P. Eastern boundary of non-diphtongation
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Q. Eastern boundary of /bew/ vs /biw/
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