LIGNOD and ANTAGNOD: they receive their name from the Latin word “Lignum”, that is “wood”, with allusion to the old wood covering of the region, before the deforestation which took place for the culture of the land; Antagnod would come therefore from “ante lignum”, or “before the forest”.

MAGNÉAZ: according to someone, it would derive from the Latin word “magnus”, “big”, since once upon a time it used to be the site of the local parish church.

CHAMPOLUC: although in the place name the word “field” (“champ” in French) seems to be evident, as for the second part there are two theories: on the one side there are some who link it to the Latin name “lucus”, “wood”, while those who consider the local pronunciation of the word (“Tchampolouec”) notice that the dialect voice “louec” shows the space that, in the stable, is reserved to each animal of the cattle, and can therefore be traced back to the Latin word “locus”, meaning “place”.

FRACHEY: probably it comes from the surname Frachey, widely spread in the Valley of Ayas.

PILAZ: from the Latin “pila”, or “pounder”, which in the case in question takes up the meaning of “hole”, “valley”.

RÉSY: its name could derive from the Latin word “res”, (“thing”) intended as “sacred thing”; maybe in the old days a place of cult would rise there.

News taken from: “The Challants’ Land – People and towns of the Évançon Mountain District” (Publisher: Musumeci).