Rimella

Rimella
Rimella
	Comune
	Comune di Rimella
	Rimella Location of Rimella in Italy
	Coordinates: 45°54′N8°11′E / 45.900°N 8.183°E Coordinates: 45°54′N8°11′E / 45.900°N 8.183°E
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Province of Vercelli (VC)
Government
• Mayor	Riccardo Peco
Area
• Total	29.0 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
• Total	129
• Density	4.4/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	13020
Dialing code	0163

Last updated February 18, 2019

Rimella (Walser German: Remmalju, Piedmontese: Rimela) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Turin and about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Vercelli. The municipality has an area of 29.0 square kilometres (11.2 sq mi).

Walser German and Walliser German are a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in parts of Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, and Austria (Vorarlberg).

The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

Province of Vercelli Province in Piedmont, Italy

Vercelli is a province in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Its capital is Vercelli.

Cravagliana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Turin and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 273 and an area of 34.5 square kilometres (13.3 sq mi).

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 diminished. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 129.^[1]

Visperterminen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

German is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein. It is also one of the three official languages of Luxembourg and a co-official language in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland. The languages which are most similar to German are the other members of the West Germanic language branch: Afrikaans, Dutch, English, the Frisian languages, Low German/Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, and Yiddish. There are also strong similarities in vocabulary with Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, although those belong to the North Germanic group. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language, after English.

Alemannic German group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family

Alemannic, or rarely Alemmanish, is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. The name derives from the ancient Germanic alliance of tribes known as the Alemanni.

Demographic evolution

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.
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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References

↑ All following demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

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Rimella
Comune
Comune di Rimella
Rimella Location of Rimella in Italy
Coordinates: 45°54′N8°11′E / 45.900°N 8.183°E / 45.900; 8.183 Coordinates: 45°54′N8°11′E / 45.900°N 8.183°E / 45.900; 8.183
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Province of Vercelli (VC)
Government
• Mayor	Riccardo Peco
Area
• Total	29.0 km² (11.2 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
• Total	129
• Density	4.4/km² (12/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	13020
Dialing code	0163