Rimella (
Walser German: ''Remmalju'',
Piedmontese
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: ''Rimela'') is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Vercelli in the
Italian
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region
Piedmont
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, located about northeast of
Turin
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and about northwest of
Vercelli
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...
.
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
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, its population is traditionally
Alemannic German
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Distribution
Alemannic dialects are spoken by approxi ...
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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