Valais

E13342

canton of Switzerland

Valais is a mountainous canton in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine scenery, vineyards, and popular ski resorts such as Zermatt and Verbier.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Valais canonical	85
Valais tourism region	2
Valais region	1
Valaisan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canton of Switzerland ⓘ
borders	France ⓘ Italy ⓘ
capital	Sion ⓘ
climate	alpine climate ⓘ
contains	Aletsch Glacier ⓘ Crans-Montana ⓘ Great St Bernard Pass ⓘ Matterhorn ⓘ Monte Rosa ⓘ surface form: Monte Rosa massif Saas-Fee ⓘ Simplon Pass ⓘ Verbier ⓘ Zermatt ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
hasBorderRiver	Rhône River ⓘ surface form: Rhône
hasMajorCity	Brig-Glis ⓘ Martigny ⓘ Monthey ⓘ Sierre ⓘ Sion ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicSector	hydropower production ⓘ tourism ⓘ viticulture ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: Canton du Valais Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: Kanton Wallis
hasRailway	Glacier Express route ⓘ Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ⓘ
hasRegion	Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: Central Valais Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: Lower Valais Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: Upper Valais
hasTouristAttraction	4 Vallées ski area ⓘ Aletsch Arena ski area ⓘ
hasTwoLetterCode	VS ⓘ
hasUNLOCODE	CH-VS ⓘ
highestPoint	Dufourspitze ⓘ
isMemberOf	Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
joinedConfederationIn	1815 ⓘ
knownFor	Alpine scenery ⓘ ski resorts ⓘ vineyards ⓘ wine production ⓘ
languageDistribution	Central and Lower Valais predominantly French-speaking ⓘ Upper Valais predominantly German-speaking ⓘ
locatedIn	Alps ⓘ Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: southwestern Switzerland
officialLanguage	French ⓘ German ⓘ
traversedBy	Rhône River ⓘ

Referenced by (89)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

France–Switzerland border → adjacentToSwissCanton → Valais ⓘ

Romandy → includesCanton → Valais ⓘ

Monte Rosa → liesInCanton → Valais ⓘ

Haute-Savoie → borders → Valais ⓘ

Mont Blanc massif → administrativeRegion → Valais ⓘ

Western Switzerland → includesCanton → Valais ⓘ

Franco-Provençal (Arpitan) → hasDialects → Valais ⓘ

subject surface form: Franco-Provençal

this entity surface form: Valaisan

Pennine Alps → contains → Valais ⓘ

Old Swiss Confederacy → hasPart → Valais ⓘ

Arpitan → spokenIn → Valais ⓘ

Vaud → borders → Valais ⓘ

Zumsteinspitze → locatedIn → Valais ⓘ

Dufourspitze → locatedInCanton → Valais ⓘ

Punta Gnifetti → canton → Valais ⓘ

Liskamm → region → Valais ⓘ

Italian–Swiss border → passesThrough → Valais ⓘ

Tourbillon Castle → region → Valais ⓘ

Valais History Museum → locatedIn → Valais ⓘ

Valais History Museum → region → Valais ⓘ

Simplon Pass → locatedInCanton → Valais ⓘ

VS → refersTo → Valais ⓘ

Monthey → canton → Valais ⓘ

Zermatt → canton → Valais ⓘ

Sion archaeological museum → locatedInRegion → Valais ⓘ

Valère Basilica → locatedInRegion → Valais ⓘ

Lepontic Celts → inhabitedRegion → Valais ⓘ

Crans-Montana → locatedInValley → Valais ⓘ

Sierre → canton → Valais ⓘ

Sierre → isRegionalCenterOf → Valais ⓘ

Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Glarier → region → Valais ⓘ

Sonderbund War → belligerent → Valais ⓘ

Valais Art Museum → locatedInRegion → Valais ⓘ

Gemmi Pass → region → Valais ⓘ

Sion Airport → regionServed → Valais ⓘ

Lonza → originalLocation → Valais ⓘ

subject surface form: Lonza Group AG

Arpitania → overlapsWith → Valais ⓘ

Aletschhorn → locatedInCanton → Valais ⓘ

Castor → locatedIn → Valais ⓘ

Brig → partOfTouristRegion → Valais ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valais tourism region

Lagginhorn → region → Valais ⓘ

Furka Pass → connects → Valais ⓘ

Martigny → canton → Valais ⓘ

Theodul Pass → locatedIn → Valais ⓘ

A9 motorway (Switzerland) → connectsRegion → Valais ⓘ

Alphubel → canton → Valais ⓘ

Pollux → locatedInRegion → Valais ⓘ

Rimpfischhorn → canton → Valais ⓘ

Dent d'Hérens → locatedIn → Valais ⓘ

Breithorn → locatedInCanton → Valais ⓘ

Dent de Nendaz → isInCanton → Valais ⓘ