Rimella

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province = Province of Vercelli (VC)
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Rimella is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 70 km northwest of Vercelli. The municipality has an area of 29.0 km².

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 German (more precise: Alemannic) speaking. From 1871 on, when Rimella had a population of 1327, the number of inhabitants has dramatically deminished. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 129.All following demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]

Demographic evolution

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Literature

* 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.

Links

* [http://www.fotogian.com/rimella.html Photos]
* [http://www.rimella.com Infos in English/Italian/German]

References