Switzerland
Valais
Visp District

Visp

Visp is a German-speaking town in the canton of . It is located in the Rhone valley and is a major industrial centre in the region. Its location at the intersection of three train lines and a big bus interchange make it a gateway to many of the towns and resorts in the upper part of the Valais.
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  • Type: Town with 7,280 residents
  • Description: capital of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Visp VS” and “Visp, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 3930

Places of Interest

Highlights include Visp railway station and Eggerberg railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Gürbetaler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a junction station at Visp, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a modern station building completed in 2007, and is served by two standard gauge lines and a metre gauge line.

Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eggerberg is a railway station in the canton of Valais and . The station is located on the Lötschberg line of the BLS AG, and is adjacent to Eggerberg village.

Church
Photo: Michael D. Schmid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baltschieder and Eggerberg.

Village
Photo: Albins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of in .

Village
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in . Besides the village of , the municipality includes the settlements of Berg, Eggen, Finnen, Mühlackern and Wirmschland.

Village
Photo: Vasile Cotovanu, CC BY 2.0.
is a municipality in the district of in the canton of in . is situated 3½ km northwest of Visp.

Visp

Latitude
46.2913° or 46° 17′ 29″ north
Longitude
7.8812° or 7° 52′ 52″ east
Population
7,280
Elevation
653 metres (2,142 feet)
IATA airport code
ZLB
United Nations Location Code
CH VIS
Open location code
8FR97VRJ+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60028239
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2658112
Wiki­data ID
Q64147
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Visp” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Visp”
  • Armenian: “Վիսպ”
  • Arpitan: “Viège”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fisp”
  • Basque: “Visp”
  • Belarusian: “Вісп”
  • Belarusian: “Фісп”
  • Breton: “Visp”
  • Catalan: “Visp”
  • Cebuano: “Visp (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Visp”
  • Chinese: “菲斯普”
  • Czech: “Visp (Switzerland)”
  • Czech: “Visp”
  • Danish: “Visp”
  • Dutch: “Viege”
  • Dutch: “Viège”
  • Dutch: “Visp”
  • Esperanto: “Fischp”
  • Esperanto: “Viège”
  • Esperanto: “Visp”
  • Esperanto: “Vispo”
  • Finnish: “Viège”
  • Finnish: “Visp”
  • French: “Viege”
  • French: “Viège”
  • French: “Visp”
  • German: “Eyholz”
  • German: “Viège”
  • German: “Visp (Switzerland)”
  • German: “Visp”
  • Hebrew: “ויספ”
  • Hungarian: “Visp”
  • Irish: “Visp”
  • Italian: “Visp”
  • Japanese: “ヴィスプ”
  • Japanese: “フィスプ”
  • Korean: “피스프”
  • Kurdish: “Visp”
  • Latvian: “Fispa”
  • Latvian: “Viège”
  • Latvian: “Visp”
  • Lombard: “Visp”
  • Malay: “Visp”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Visp i Sveits”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Visp”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Visp i Sveits”
  • Norwegian: “Visp”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Visp”
  • Persian: “ویسپ”
  • Piemontese: “Visp”
  • Polish: “Visp”
  • Portuguese: “Visp”
  • Romanian: “Visp”
  • Romansh: “Visp”
  • Russian: “Висп”
  • Russian: “Фисп”
  • Sicilian: “Visp”
  • Silesian: “Visp”
  • Slovenian: “Visp”
  • Spanish: “Visp”
  • Swedish: “Visp, Valais”
  • Swedish: “Visp”
  • Swiss German: “Vischp”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Visp”
  • Turkish: “Visp”
  • Ukrainian: “Вісп”
  • Ukrainian: “Фісп”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Visp”
  • Venetian: “Visp”
  • Volapük: “Visp”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Visp”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Visp”. Photo: Fabienp, CC BY-SA 3.0.