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    thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion. Valais is situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the cantons of Vaud...
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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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    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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    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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    "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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    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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    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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    Combat de Reines) is a traditional event held mostly in the Swiss canton of Valais, in which a cow fights another cow (unlike bullfighting, in which humans...
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    The coat of arms of the Swiss canton of Valais is in red and white, divided vertically with thirteen five-pointed stars in opposite colours (Per pale argent...
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    borders the canton 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...
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    by the Swiss Federal Railways, with main lines towards Brig in the canton of Valais via Lausanne, to St. Gallen via Lausanne, Fribourg, Bern and Zürich...
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    Vaud and Valais districts of Switzerland, land of both Catholics and Protestants." The ASD, the AL, and the BVB railways operate in the Canton of Vaud...
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    Sierre (redirect from Sierre (Valais))
    district of Sierre, located in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of 16,332. Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun (French: Cité du...
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    or 133.32 sq mi) of the lake belongs to Switzerland (the cantons of Vaud, Geneva and Valais) and forty percent (234.71 km2 or 90.62 sq mi) to France (the...
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    Martigny (redirect from Martigny, Valais)
    [ˈmaʁtiːnaːx]; 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)...
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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))
    municipality in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Champéry is first mentioned in 1286 as Champery The Hotel Dent-du-Midi opened...
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    Simplon), earlier known as Simpeln, is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The area was part of Italy since the Roman...
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    probably during the reign of Claudius (41–54 AD). Comprising the modern Canton of Valais (Switzerland), the Tarantaise Valley (France), and the Aosta Valley...
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  • of Les Mosses (Col-des-Mosses) and Aigle, continuing to the canton of Valais. The district benefits from idyllic summers with several hiking and walking...
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    Romansh-speaking native population in Grisons in the east. The cantons of Freiburg, Bern, and Valais are officially bilingual; Grisons is officially trilingual...
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    Ticino (redirect from Canton Ticino)
    borders the canton of Valais to the northwest, the canton of Uri to the north and the canton of Grisons to the northeast; the latter canton being also...
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  • "Junkernfriedhof". Noble families of Schaffhausen Noble families of Zug In the cantons of Valais, Thurgau and Ticino, the former noble families were maintained and...
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    Valley (canton of Valais), Piedmont (cantons of Valais and Ticino), Lombardy (cantons of Ticino and Graubünden) and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (canton of...
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  • Visp (redirect from Visp (Valais))
    Visp (French: Viège) is the capital of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Visp lies in the Rhône valley, at the confluence of...
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    Saas-Fee (redirect from Saas-Fee (Valais))
    Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village is situated on a high mountain...
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    Bernese Oberland (category Regions of the canton of Bern)
    the region with both the capital of the canton, Bern, and its sizable southern neighbour, the canton of Valais. The flag of the Bernese Oberland consists...
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  • geographically, from west to east. They do not follow political divisions (cantons, districts), but they follow a routing allocation, following railways and PostBus...
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    Morgins (category Villages in Valais)
    Troistorrents in the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in southern Switzerland. It is noted for skiing and is part of the Portes du Soleil ski resort...
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