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| Canton of Valais | |
| Capital | Manners |
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| Residents | approx. 330,011 |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 343955   | |
| surface | 5,224 km² |
| other value for area on Wikidata: 5224.5 | |
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The Canton of Valais (officially State of Valais, FrenchBudget du Valais) is in the south of the Switzerland. The Valais borders Italy, France as well as the Swiss cantons Bern, Ticino, Vaud and Uri.
Regions
The Valais can be divided into the French-speaking Lower Valais and in that German-speaking Upper Valais organize. The language border is formed by the Raspille stream, which flows into the Rhône. This brook lies a little above Sierre in the Pfynwald.
The main valley of the Valais is a Rhône valley. The Rhône arises here in the Rhône glacier. From there the Rhône flows through the Valais from east to west. At Martigny makes the Rôhne a striking one 90 degree arc to the north. At Le Bouveret (Port-Valais) the Rhône flows into the Lake Geneva. In the German-speaking Valais, the Rhône is called "Rotten". In addition to this main valley, there are also many side valleys.
Important side valleys of the Valais
- Lower Valais
- Val d'Anniviers
- Val d'Hérens
- Val de Bagnes
- Val d'Entremonts
- Val d'Illiez
- Val Ferret
- Val d'Hérémence
- Val de Nendaz
- Upper Valais
- Goms
- Aletsch area - this also includes the city of Brig.
- Lötschental
- Vispertäler
- Saas Valley With Saas-Fee
- Mattertal With Zermatt
- Valley of the Dala / Leukerbad
- Turtmann Valley
To the Mountain regions see the local article on the Valais Alps.
As a valley surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges, the Valais is connected with various pass connections with other cantons in Switzerland or abroad.
- the Great St. Bernhard Pass leads from Sembrancher ins Aosta Valley to Aosta, the winter-safe road tunnel is subject to a toll.
- the Simplon Pass leads from Brig above Simplon village into Italian Domodossola
- the Nufenen Pass leads from Ulrichen in Upper Valais Airolo in the canton Ticino
- the Furka Pass leads from Oberwald to Realp and that in Urserental located Andermatt. A road and rail connection then continues over the Oberalp Pass ins Grisons. Only the rail connection with car transport is safe in winter.
- the Grimsel Pass leads from Glacier to Innertkirchen and thus into Bernese Oberland
- on the Loetschberg there is only a rail link from Visp to Frutigen, the Lötschberg baseline was opened.
places
The five largest places are:
Other important places in Lower Valais are:
- Saint-Maurice VS
- Port Valais - with Le Bouveret
- Conthey
Other important places in Upper Valais are:
- Visp, The base of the railway connections via the Loetschberg
- Leuk
- Naters
- Raron
Important tourist destinations in Lower Valais are:
Important tourist destinations in Upper Valais are:
- Zermatt
- Leukerbad
- Saas-Fee (1798 m), high alpine climatic health resort and winter sports center in the Saas Valley
- Binn
- Appoint
- Bellwald (1560 m), alpine families and a resort Goms
- Oberwald, Base of the Furkapasses into the Urseren valley and after Andermatt
There are also a number of very beautiful mountain villages in Valais:
- mouth
- Ulrichen, Base of the Nufenen Pass ins Ticino
- Bellwald
Other goals
background
language
The canton of Valais is bilingual. It will French and German spoken, the French with around 60% native speakers clearly predominates. German has around 30% native speakers. Other languages account for 10%. Valais German in particular is a very difficult dialect, as it is interspersed with a large number of words of its own that do not have much to do with the German term. Only French is spoken in the Lower Valais, and sometimes a Franco-Provencal dialect in the Alpine valleys.
getting there
By plane
By train
The following remote connections are available:
- IR Brig - Visp - Sierre - Sion / Sitten - Martigny - Aigle - Montreux - Lausanne - Geneva - Geneva Airport
- IR Brig - Visp - Leuk - Sierre - Sion / Sitten - Martigny - St-Maurice - Aigle - Montreux - Lausanne - Geneva - Geneva Airport
- IR / EC Brig - Domodossola (-Milan) sometimes to Venice
- IC / EC Brig - Visp - Thun - Bern - Olten - Basel or Zurich HB - Romanshorn
In the street
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Grave of Rainer Maria Rilke, in raron.
activities
kitchen
Wine
- Cornalin is a red wine that is particularly grown in the canton of Valais. The wine should only be drunk after three to five years, when it develops intense spicy notes and the tannins subside. The AOC wine made from the Cornalin grape variety is the Cornalin du Valais, a Grand Cru. It may only be put on the market after April 1st of the second year after harvest.
- The Valais is an AOC-certified rosé wine Rosewhich can contain up to 10% Valais AOC white wine.
- White Dole
- Œil de perdrix du Valais
- Rosé de Goron
- Are red and white grapes from the same vineyard mixed and pressed together before fermentation. Then one will Schillerwein spoken from the Valais.
Restaurants
- 1 Relais du Saint-Bernard
nightlife
security
climate
trips
hikes
- Trient Geltscher
- Gesponer Höhenweg
- Lötschentaler Höhenweg
- Aletsch Glacier
- Märjelensee
- Bisse de Clavaux near Sion
- South ramp at Raron
- Point de Bellevue
- Bela tola
- Tour d'Ai
- Torrenthorn
- Le Gramont
