Canton of Valais

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administrative territorial entity canton of Switzerland

The Canton of Valais is a mountainous region in southwestern Switzerland known for its Alpine landscapes, vineyards, and major ski resorts such as Zermatt and Verbier.

Aliases (9)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → canton of Switzerland →
borders	Canton of Bern → Canton of Ticino → Canton of Uri → Canton of Vaud → France → Italy →
capital	Sion →
climate	continental Alpine climate →
contains	Aletsch Glacier → Brig-Glis → Crans-Montana → Martigny → Matterhorn → Rhône River → Saas-Fee → Verbier → Zermatt →
country	Switzerland →
hasExecutiveBody	Council of State of Valais →
hasParliament	Grand Council of Valais →
hasRegion	Central Valais → Lower Valais → Upper Valais →
highestPoint	Dufourspitze →
isoCode	CH-VS →
joinedSwissConfederation	1815 →
knownFor	Alpine landscapes → hydropower production → ski resorts → vineyards → wine production →
locatedIn	Alps → Rhône valley → southwestern Switzerland →
mountainRange	Bernese Alps → Pennine Alps →
nativeName	Canton du Valais → Kanton Wallis →
nativeNameLanguage	French → German →
officialLanguage	French → German →
religionMajority	Roman Catholicism →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
vehicleRegistrationCode	VS →
wineRegion	Valais AOC →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Canton of Valais ("Upper Valais") → Canton of Valais ("Central Valais") → Valais ("Upper Valais") → Valais ("Central Valais") → Valais ("Lower Valais") →	hasRegion
Rhône Glacier ("canton of Valais") → Sion ("canton of Valais") → Sion ("southwestern Switzerland") → Valais ("southwestern Switzerland") →	locatedIn
Valais ("Kanton Wallis") → Valais ("Canton du Valais") →	hasOfficialName
Canton of Valais ("Kanton Wallis") → Canton of Valais ("Canton du Valais") →	nativeName
Sion ("canton of Valais") →	capitalOf
Bernese Alps ("canton of Valais") →	extendsInto
Rhône River →	flowsThrough
Sion ("cantonal government of Valais") →	hasInstitution
Lake Geneva →	locatedInCanton
Franco-Provençal ("Valais (canton)") →	recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn
Franco-Provençal ("Valais (canton)") →	spokenIn