Ribordone

Ribordone is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Turin, located in the Canavese. Part of its territory, 2,300 hectares, already lies within the Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy's oldest protected area ^[1].

The request to extend the park

In October 2026 the municipality of Ribordone, together with four other municipalities on the park's Piedmontese side (Groscavallo, Ingria, Pont Canavese and Sparone), began the procedure to bring a further part of its territory into the protected area. It is the first time, in the Gran Paradiso National Park's 104-year history, that municipalities have applied to join it ^[1][2].

Ribordone has asked to add a further 3,300 hectares to the 2,300 already within the park, which would bring 75% of the municipal territory within the protected area, the highest share among the five applicant municipalities ^[1][2].

The procedure has received a favourable opinion from the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Ispra) and is awaiting discussion by the State-Regions Conference ^[1][2]. The five municipalities' overall project would bring more than 8,400 hectares into the park, increasing the protected area by about 12% ^[1][2]. The request was the subject of a hearing on 15 October 2026 before the Piedmont Regional Council's Fifth Environment, Parks and Protected Areas Committee, chaired by Sergio Bartoli, attended by Ribordone's mayor Guido Bellardo Gioli together with the leadership of the Gran Paradiso National Park and representatives of the other municipalities involved ^[1].

Administration

Ribordone's mayor is Guido Bellardo Gioli, who took part in the hearing before the Piedmont Region on the park extension project ^[1].

Timeline

• 16 October 2026 — For the first time in the 104-year history of the Gran Paradiso National Park, five municipalities on the Piedmontese side (Groscavallo, Ingria, Pont Canavese, Sparone and Ribordone) apply to join it; the extension project, which already has a favourable opinion from Ispra, is discussed by the Piedmont Regional Council's Environment Committee, chaired by Sergio Bartoli. → TorinoOggi La Stampa

Related articles: Five Canavese municipalities ask to join the Gran Paradiso National Park (October 2026), Groscavallo, Ingria

Sources

1. Cinque Comuni chiedono di entrare nel Parco del Gran Paradiso — TorinoOggi, 15 October 2026
2. Il Parco del Gran Paradiso allarga i suoi confini: è la prima volta da 104 anni — La Stampa, 16 October 2026