Rimella Gracilis

Rimella ( Walser German: ''Remmalju'', Piedmontese: ''Rimela'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about 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

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.

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Cities and towns in Piedmont

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