Valsesia ( pms, Valsesia; Walser German: ''Tseschrutol''; it, Valle della Sesia) is a group of valleys in the north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Vercelli, Italy; the principal valley is that of the river Sesia. The major towns located here are Varallo Sesia, Borgosesia and Serravalle Sesia; tourist villages include Alagna Valsesia,

Rima San Giuseppe Rima San Giuseppe ( pms, Rima, Walser German: ''Arimmu'' or ''Ind Rimmu'') is a ''frazione'' of Alto Sermenza in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli Vercelli (; ...

Carcoforo Carcoforo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Vercelli. Carcoforo borders the following municipalities: Alto Sermenza, Bannio Anzin ...

and Scopello. While the valley mainly belongs to the province of Vercelli three of its '' comuni'', namely

Romagnano Sesia Romagnano Sesia is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of about 4,000 inhabitants in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Romagnano Sesia borders the following ...

, Prato Sesia and

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, are part of the province of Novara.

Business

There are some industries in the lower towns of Varallo, Borgosesia, Quarona and Serravalle. These are mainly the textile industry and precision engineering companies. Agriculture is also practised here; the wine from Gattinara, which also bears this name, is well known. The higher areas live mainly off of handicrafts and tourism, with both mountain hikers in summer and skiers in winter being addressed. Several stages of the 55-day long-distance hiking trail Grande Traversata delle Alpi run along the north side of the valley. The area around Alagna is developed with lifts, mountain huts and slopes for summer and winter sports.

Summits

Summits that surround the valley include: *

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Punta Parrot Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music originating in the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines by the Garifuna people before being exiled from the island. Which is also known as Yurumei. It has African and Arawak ...

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– * Corno Nero – * Corno Bianco – * Monte Tagliaferro –

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