Valais
Sierre District
Noble-Contrée

Veyras

Veyras is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of in . On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of , and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.
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  • Type: Village with 1,820 residents
  • Description: former municipality and current locality in Noble-Contrée in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Veyras VS” and “Veyras, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 3968

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château de Muzot and Saint-Sébastien church.

Castle
Photo: Nouchka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 13th-century fortified manor house located near Veyras in 's Rhone Valley. In 1921, it was purchased by Swiss merchant and arts patron Werner Reinhart who then invited Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to live there rent-free.

Church
Photo: Albins, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
Photo: Albins, Public domain.
is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local and long-distance trains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Venthône and Miège.

Village
Photo: Jeremy.toma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of in . On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of , and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.

Village
Photo: Jamcib, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of in . On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of , and Veyras merged to form the new municipality of Noble-Contrée.

Photo: Famberhorst, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in Central . While the city is in the French part of Valais, there is a large German-speaking population and you will encounter many people being fluent in both languages.

Veyras

Latitude
46.30316° or 46° 18′ 11″ north
Longitude
7.53667° or 7° 32′ 12″ east
Population
1,820
Elevation
651 metres (2,136 feet)
Open location code
8FR98G3P+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240050445
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7288522
Wiki­data ID
Q67702
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Veyras” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Veyras”
  • Arpitan: “Vêrâs”
  • Basque: “Veyras (Suitza)”
  • Basque: “Veyras”
  • Breton: “Veyras”
  • Catalan: “Veyras”
  • Cebuano: “Veyras”
  • Chinese: “韦拉斯”
  • Dutch: “Veyras”
  • Esperanto: “Veyras VS”
  • French: “Veyras”
  • German: “Veyras VS”
  • German: “Veyras”
  • Hungarian: “Veyras”
  • Irish: “Veyras”
  • Italian: “Veyras”
  • Lombard: “Veyras”
  • Malay: “Veyras, Switzerland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Veyras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veyras i Sveits”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Veyras”
  • Piemontese: “Veyras”
  • Portuguese: “Veyras”
  • Romansh: “Veyras”
  • Spanish: “Veyras”
  • Swedish: “Veyras, Valais”
  • Swedish: “Veyras”
  • Swiss German: “Veyras VS”
  • Swiss German: “Veyras”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Veyras VS”
  • Turkish: “Veyras”
  • Ukrainian: “Верас”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Veyras”
  • Venetian: “Veyras (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Veyras”
  • Volapük: “Veyras”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Veyras, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Veyras”
  • Welsh: “Veyras”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Veyras”. Photo: Nouchka, CC BY-SA 3.0.