Nus

The municipality of Saint Marcel, which is part of the Plaine of Aosta, in Aosta Valley (Italy) has experienced a 16% population growth dynamic over the past 20 years (1131 residents in 2001 and 1312 residents in 2021), a dynamic that has not necessarily resulted in a consolidation of the local community dimension, in fact the municipality's main problem remains its identity as a ‘dortoir’ area with respect to Aosta. The morphology of the municipality with the lack of a village centre, and an industrial area in the lower area and a residential area in the upper area accentuates the difficulty of being a community. The socio-economic context that characterises the area is the result of a complex reality typical of Alpine regions with low population density: desertification of productive and social activities, non- capillary public transport means, scarce propensity to create initiatives in the field of development, society and culture, associative dynamics that have lost awareness of their role as catalysts of community development processes and aimed at responding to individual needs

There are two main strategic lines of development in which the municipal administration is investing linked to achieving a balance of energy autonomy on the one hand and food autonomy on the other. This path is to be achieved through dynamics that facilitate and consolidate community participation, thanks also to the role that the hybrid community space A currently being structured at the village castle will play in the process.