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{{Short description|Group of valleys in Piedmont in the Province of Vercelli, Italy}}
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{{Infobox Valley
|name =Valsesia
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|photo = AltaValsesia0001.jpg
|photo_caption = The upper Valsesia
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|location =[[Province of Vercelli|Vercelli]], [[Italy]]
|orientation = NW - SW
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|elevation = {{convert|340|m|abbr=on}}
|type =[[River valley]]
|map_image = Valsesiaposizione it.png
|map_caption =Location of the valley in Piedmont, NW [[Italy]]
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[[File:Pan quarona dal tovo.jpg|thumb|Quarona from [[Monte Tovo (Pennine Alps)|Monte Tovo]]]]
'''Valsesia''' ({{langx|pms|Valsesia}}; [[Walser German]]: ''Tseschrutol'') is a group of valleys in the north-east of [[Piedmont]] in the [[Province of Vercelli]], [[Italy]]; the principal valley is that of the river [[Sesia]].

The major towns located here are [[Varallo Sesia]],[[Borgosesia]], [[Quarona]] and [[Valduggia]]; tourist villages include [[Alagna Valsesia]], [[Rima San Giuseppe]], [[Carcoforo]] and [[Scopello]]. While the valley mainly belongs to the [[province of Vercelli]] three of its ''[[comune|comuni]]'', namely [[Romagnano Sesia]], [[Prato Sesia]] and [[Grignasco]], are part of the [[province of Novara]]; however, they are not historically part of Valsesia but only geographically.

== Business ==
There are some industries in the lower towns of Varallo, Borgosesia, Quarona and Valduggia. These are mainly the textile industry and precision engineering companies. Agriculture is also practised on the hills along the river Sesia, the wine from Gattinara, which also bears this name, is well known. The higher areas live mainly off of handicrafts and tourism, with both mountain hikers in summer and skiers in winter being addressed. Several stages of the 55-day long-distance hiking trail Grande Traversata delle Alpi run along the north side of the valley. The area around Alagna is developed with lifts, mountain huts and slopes for summer and winter sports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Val Sesia {{!}} Magic Mountainzones |url=http://www.mountainzones.com/tag/val-sesia/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |language=de}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Punta Lazoney]]

==Summits==
Summits that surround the valley include:

* [[Signalkuppe|Punta Gnifetti]] – {{Convert|4,554|m|abbr=on}}
* [[Parrotspitze|Punta Parrot]] – {{Convert|4,432|m|abbr=on}}
* [[Ludwigshöhe (mountain)|Ludwigshöhe]] – {{Convert|4,342|m|abbr=on}}
* [[Schwarzhorn (Monte Rosa Massif)|Corno Nero]] – {{Convert|4,322|m|abbr=on}}
* [[Corno Bianco]] – {{Convert|3,320|m|abbr=on}}
* [[Monte Tagliaferro]] – {{Convert|2,964|m|abbr=on}}
 
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