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    Traditionally, the canton is divided into Lower, Central, and Upper Valais, the latter region constituting the German-speaking minority. Valais is essentially...
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    The Valais Republic (French: République du Valais; German: Republik Wallis) or Vallais was a sister republic of France that existed between 1802 and 1810...
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    Cantonal Bank of Valais (French: Banque Cantonale du Valais; German: Walliser Kantonalbank) is a Swiss cantonal bank of the Swiss canton of Valais. It...
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    "Constitution du Canton du Valais". Swiss Federal Council. Le Valais est une république démocratique, souveraine ... incorporée comme Canton à la Confédération...
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    Raclette (category Valais)
    cheese is historically a dish originating from the canton of Valais in Switzerland. This cheese from Valais benefits from an AOP. Raclette cheese is also a...
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    Occupied since prehistoric times, the canton of Valais saw the rise of an exceptional civilization during the Bronze Age. From the 4th century BC, four...
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  • "Droits fondamentaux et sociaux, société civile". Canton du Valais. "Complaints about vote on Valais constitution withdrawn". The Swiss Times. 2024-03-05...
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    Geneva, connecting Geneva, Vaud, and the Lower Valais. French is the sole official language in four Swiss cantons: Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, and Jura. Additionally...
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    (French: [sjɔ̃] ) is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. As of December 2020[update] it had a population...
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  • The Rallye International du Valais is a yearly rally in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was founded by Philippe Simonetta, a local wine dealer...
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    primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the Swiss canton of Valais. Because the glacier is located close to the Furka Pass road it is...
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  • Conthey in the Canton du Valais. The Istituto Dalle Molle di Intelligenza Artificiale Percettiva was set up in Martigny in the Canton du Valais in 1991, the...
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    Gletschergeiss; French: Col Noir du Valais, Chèvre des Glaciers or Race de Viège; and Italian: Vallesana or Vallese. The Valais Blackneck has a distinctive...
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    2020-04-26. VS, Canton du Valais. "Naturalisation ordinaire". www.vs.ch (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-26. NE, République et canton de Neuchâtel. "Naturalisation...
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    artist, and therapist, Paolo Knill. It was co-founded by the Swiss Canton of Valais, which is represented in its board. The school initially offered programs...
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    République des Sept-Dizains) was a state in what is now the Swiss canton of Valais during the early modern period, and an associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy...
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    regeneration" in Switzerland. The Sonderbund consisted of the cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug, all predominantly Catholic...
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    Valais Ticino Grisons Geneva Vaud Neuchâtel Jura Bern Thurgau Zurich Aargau Lucerne Solothurn Basel-Landschaft Schaffhausen Uri Schwyz Glarus St. Gallen...
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    Rhône (redirect from La Vallee du Rhone)
    river's source is the Rhône Glacier, at the east edge of the Swiss canton of Valais. The glacier is part of the Saint-Gotthard Massif, which gives rise...
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  • newspaper, published in Sion, Valais, by the publishing company Éditions Le Nouvelliste SA. A regional newspaper for the Valais canton, it was established in...
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    Council of Valais (French: Grand Conseil du Valais) (German: Grosser Rat) is the legislature of the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. Valais has a unicameral...
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    will grow inside it. Since 2001, Eau-de-vie de poire du Valais produced in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland has been protected as an Appellation d'origine...
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    "Bref commentaire à l'inventaire" (PDF). Monuments militaires dans le canton du Valais (in French). Swiss Ministry of Defense, Public Protection and Sport...
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  • Church in Valais or in French the Église réformée évangélique du Valais or Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche des Wallis is a Reformed cantonal State church...
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    German is not spoken any more). These are: Simplon, in Canton of Valais; Bosco/Gurin, in Canton of Ticino; and the following communities in Graubünden...
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    Diablerets (category Valais–Vaud border)
    border between the Swiss cantons of Vaud (VD) and Valais (VS). The northeastern part of the massif stretches also into the canton of Bern (BE). The Diablerets...
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    Martigny (redirect from Martigny, Valais)
    Latin: Octodurum) is the capital city of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of 471 meters (1,545 ft), and...
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    Saint-Maurice is a city in the Swiss canton of Valais and the capital of the district of Saint-Maurice. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Mex...
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    Champéry (redirect from Champéry (Valais))
    district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Champéry is first mentioned in 1286 as Champery. The Hotel Dent-du-Midi opened in 1857. In 1969...
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    of Neuchâtel to the north, the cantons of Fribourg and Bern to the east, the canton of Valais to the south, the canton of Geneva to the south-west, and...
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