Rimella
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{{Infobox Italian comune
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| official_name = Comune di Rimella
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| region = Piedmont
| province = Vercelli (VC)
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| mayor = Riccardo Peco
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| area_total_km2 = 26.27
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| population_total = 133
| population_as_of = 1 January 2014
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| population_demonym =Rimellesi
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| elevation_m =1176
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Rimella (Walser German: Remmalju, Piedmontese: Rimela) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about {{convert|100|km|mi}} northeast of Turin and about {{convert|70|km|mi}} northwest of Vercelli.
Rimella borders the following municipalities: Bannio Anzino, Calasca-Castiglione, Cravagliana, Fobello, and Valstrona.
Population
Founded in 1255 by Walser emigrants from Visperterminen in the now Swiss Valais, its population is traditionally Alemannic German speaking. From 1871 on, when Rimella had a population of 1327, the number of inhabitants has dramatically diminished. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 129.All following demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
References
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Sources
- Marco Bauen: Sprachgemischter Mundartausdruck in Rimella (Valsesia, Piemaont). Zur Syntax eines südwalserischen Dialekts im Spannungsfeld der italienischen Landes- und Kultursprache, Berne and Stuttgart 1978. – Translated into Italian in 1999 by Eugenio Vasina.
- Paolo Sibilla: Una comunità Walser delle Alpi. Strutture tradizionali e processi culturali, Florence 1980.
- Centro Studi Walser (Ed.): Ts Remmaljertittschu. Vocabolario Italiano – Tittschu, Turin 1995. Vocabolario Tittschu – Italiano, Borgosesia 2005.
- Centro Studi Walser (Ed.): Storia di Rimella in Valsesia, Ravenna 2004.
- Silke La Rose: Walser Recht ennetbirgen – Ein Beitrag zu Ursprung und Verlaufsbedingungen der Walserwanderung. Part II: Rimella und Alagna, in: Wir Walser 1 (2006) 7–17.
- Atlante Toponomastico del Piemonte Montano Nr. 31: Rimella. Ed. by the Università degli Studi di Torino and the Region of Piedmont. Turin 2007.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209044015/http://www.fotogian.com/rimella.html Photos]
- [http://www.rimella.com Infos in English/Italian/German]
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{{Province of Vercelli}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Piedmont
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