Visp

E218049
municipality town

Visp is a small town in the canton of Valais in southwestern Switzerland, situated in the Rhône valley and known as a regional transport hub and gateway to nearby Alpine resorts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Visp canonical 5
Simplon village 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
belongsTo Swiss Plateau and Alps transition zone ⓘ
canton Valais ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
coatOfArmsDescription Gules, a crozier and a sword in saltire or ⓘ
coordinateLocation 46.293° N, 7.881° E ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
district Visp District ⓘ
economicSector chemical industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 658 metres ⓘ
gatewayTo Mattertal ⓘ
Saas-Fee ⓘ
Saastal ⓘ
Zermatt ⓘ
hasRailService InterCity trains ⓘ
InterRegio trains ⓘ
regional trains ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Visp railway station ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.visp.ch ⓘ
isPartOf Upper Valais ⓘ
Visp District ⓘ
localDialect Walser German dialects ⓘ
surface form: Walser German
locatedIn Rhône valley ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Western Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Switzerland
locatedOnRiver Vispa ⓘ
majorEmployer Lonza ⓘ
surface form: Lonza Group
municipalityCode 6299 ⓘ
nearRiver Rhône River ⓘ
surface form: Rhône
neighboringMunicipality Baltschieder ⓘ
Brig-Glis ⓘ
Eyholz ⓘ
Lalden ⓘ
Visperterminen ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
population approximately 8000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCode 3930 ⓘ
railwayLineServed Glacier Express route ⓘ
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn ⓘ
Simplon railway line ⓘ
surface form: Simplon line
railwayStationFunction interchange between standard gauge and metre gauge lines ⓘ
roadConnection A9 motorway ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
transportFunction railway junction ⓘ
regional transport hub ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Theodor W. Adorno → placeOfDeath → Visp ⓘ
Simplon Pass → hasNearbySettlement → Visp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Simplon village
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn → routeTerminus → Visp ⓘ
Sepp Blatter → placeOfBirth → Visp ⓘ
Valais (German-speaking part) → contains → Visp ⓘ
Mattertal → accessRoute → Visp ⓘ