The place names Piron and Ciancamentes

The small chapel at Case Piron is said to have been built atop a pre-existing votive pillar, known as "lou piloun"; the word was changed to Piroun and then Piron, the actual name of the hamlet. The Italianization of the place name has led to its further alteration to Pirone, now much in use.The abandoned cluster of houses known as Ciancamentes has a different origin: it is thought that it was originally derived from "giam entes" in the language of Oc, which means "ask me where it is", in reference to the hamlet's particularly hidden location.