Valais
The Valais is exactly that: a long, narrow, L-shaped valley in the Swiss Alps. The main cities in this region are along the river Rhone which cuts through the bottom of the valley, between its source at the Rhone glacier in the east and its temporary destination of Lake Geneva in the west.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Sion and Zermatt.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Brig and Sierre.
Brig
Brig, officially Brig-Glis, is a municipality of 13,000 people in Valais in Switzerland.
Leukerbad
Leukerbad is a mountain spa and ski resort in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is a protected area and…
Albinen
Albinen is a small mountain village in Valais, Switzerland, that overlooks the Rhône valley.
Val d’Illiez
Val d'Illiez is a valley near Monthey in the Swiss region of Valais.
Valais
- State with about 366,000 residents
- …is abbreviated as “VS”
- Description: canton of Switzerland
- Also known as“Canton of Valais”“Canton of Wallis”“Canton Valais”“CH012”“Valais/Wallis”
- Neighbors
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude of center
46.2303° or 46° 13′ 49″ north
Longitude of center
7.6606° or 7° 39′ 38″ east
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Valais” goes by many names.
Kanton ValaisAfrikaans
Kantoni ValaisAlbanian
ቫሌAmharic
فاليهArabic
كانتون فاليزArabic
كانتون فاليهArabic
Cantón d’o ValaisAragonese
ՎալեArmenian
Canton du ValêsArpitan
Cantón del ValaisAsturian
ValaisAsturian
ValeAzerbaijani
Kanton ValaisBalinese
ValaisBasque
Valais kantonamenduaBasque
ВалеBelarusian
Вале (кантон)Belarusian
ВалісBelarusian
кантон ВалеBelarusian
ক্যান্টন অব ভ্যালাইসBengali
ভালে ক্যান্টনBengali
ভালে, VSBengali
ValaisBosnian
ValaisBreton
ВалеBulgarian
ValaisCatalan
Canton du ValaisCebuano
کانتۆنی ڤاڵێCentral Kurdish
瓦利斯州Chinese
瓦莱州Chinese
瓦萊州Chinese
ВалеChuvash
ValaisCroatian
ValaisCzech
ValaisDanish
WallisDutch
كانتون فاليزEgyptian Arabic
Kantono ValezoEsperanto
ValezoEsperanto
Valais‘ kantonEstonian
ValaisFinnish
ValaisGalician
ვალეს კანტონიGeorgian
ΒαλαίGreek
Καντόνι του ΒαλαίGreek
વાલાઇસ કેન્ટનGujarati
ValaisHausa
ואלהHebrew
קנטון ואלהHebrew
वालेHindi
वाले कैन्टनHindi
ValaisHungarian
Wallis kantonHungarian
ValaisIcelandic
ValaisIloko
Kanton ValaisIndonesian
Canton de VallaisInterlingue
cantún ValaisIrish
Canton ValleseItalian
ValleseItalian
ヴァレーJapanese
ヴァレー州Japanese
ValaisJavanese
ವಲಾಯಿಸ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್Kannada
ВалеKazakh
ВалеKirghiz
발레Korean
발레 주Korean
ValaisKurdish
Cianton de ValaisLadin
ValesiaLatin
Valē kantonsLatvian
WallisLimburgan
Kanton ya MbwakuLingala
ValėLithuanian
Canton ValesLombard
Kanton ValaisLuxembourgish
Kanton WallisLuxembourgish
WallisLuxembourgish
ВалеMacedonian
ValaisMalay
व्हालेMarathi
والیس کانتونMazanderani
Valais ChiuMin Nan Chinese
Cantone ValleseNeapolitan
WallisNorthern Frisian
ValaisNorthern Sami
ValaisNorwegian
ValaisNorwegian Bokmål
ValaisNorwegian Nynorsk
Canton de ValésOccitan (post 1500)
ValaisOromo
ВалеOssetian
Вале (кантон)Ossetian
ਵਾਲੇPanjabi
کانتون ولهPersian
ولهPersian
Canton ëd ValaisPiemontese
ValaisPolish
والیزPushto
Cantonul ValaisRomanian
Chantun VallaisRomansh
VallaisRomansh
ВалеRussian
ВаллисRussian
Kanton WallisSaterfriesisch
ValaisScots
ValaisScottish Gaelic
Кантон ВалеSerbian
ValaisSerbo-Croatian
Canton VallisiSicilian
වලයිස් පළාතSinhala
ValaisSlovak
Kanton ValaisSlovenian
ValaisSlovenian
ValaisSomali
ولهSouth Azerbaijani
ValaisSwahili
ValaisSwedish
Kanton WallisSwiss German
Tamurt n ValiTachawit
ВалеTajik
கண்டோம் ஆப் வலைஸ்Tamil
வலெய்ஸ்Tamil
ВалеTatar
కాంటన్ ఆఫ్ వాలెయిస్Telugu
รัฐวาเลThai
canton du ValaisTurkish
ValaisTurkish
Valais kantonuTurkish
ValesiaTurkish
VallaisTurkish
ValleseTurkish
ВалеUkrainian
والےUrdu
ValeUzbek
Canton VałexeVenetian
ValaisVietnamese
ValaisWaray (Philippines)
ValaisWelsh
ویلائسWestern Panjabi
瓦莱州Wu Chinese
קאנטאן וואליסYiddish
華麗州Yue Chinese
ma kipisi Wali
ma lili Wali
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