Upper Valais

E527675
geographical region region subregion of canton

Upper Valais is the predominantly German-speaking, mountainous eastern part of the Swiss canton of Valais, known for its Alpine landscapes, glaciers, and major ski resorts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Upper Valais canonical 8
Upper Valais (German-speaking) 1
Upper Valais (historically, in Arpitan-speaking communities) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
subregion of canton ⓘ
borders Bernese Oberland NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Aletsch Arena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aletsch Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brig-Glis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Furka Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glacier Express route ⓘ
Goms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Aletsch Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grimsel Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lotschberg railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lötschental NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matterhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mattertal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monte Rosa massif NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nufenen Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhône Glacier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saas-Fee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saastal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simplon Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simplon railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Visp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weisshorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zermatt NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
dominantLanguage German ⓘ
economicActivity alpine agriculture ⓘ
hydropower production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
winter sports ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Alpine landscapes ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
major ski resorts ⓘ
mountainous ⓘ
predominantly German-speaking ⓘ
highestPoint Dufourspitze NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageVariety Walser German dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swiss Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage German ⓘ
partOf canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy Rhône River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Aletsch Arena ski area → region → Upper Valais ⓘ
Brig-Glis → locatedIn → Upper Valais ⓘ
Sierre → isRegionalCenterOf → Upper Valais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Valais and Central Valais region
Brig → locatedIn → Upper Valais ⓘ
Gletsch → locatedIn → Upper Valais ⓘ
Valais, Switzerland → hasLanguageRegion → Upper Valais ⓘ
subject surface form: Valais
this entity surface form: Upper Valais (German-speaking)
Visp → isPartOf → Upper Valais ⓘ
Valaisan Arpitan → spokenIn → Upper Valais ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Valais (historically, in Arpitan-speaking communities)
Lower Valais → borders → Upper Valais ⓘ
Walser culture → originatedFrom → Upper Valais ⓘ
Walser → originatesFrom → Upper Valais ⓘ