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    Val d'Hérens is an alpine valley in the Valais canton of Switzerland. It was formed by the Hérens glacier, which retreated at the end of the last ice age...
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    d'Hérens is sometime hidden behind the Dent Blanche, thus being less visible, the latter received the name. The inhabitants of the lower Val d'Hérens...
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    Dent d'Hérens, the current name of the nearby Dent d'Hérens which does not overlook the Val d'Hérens. The nearby north face of the Dent d'Hérens is glaciated...
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    The Herens (Eringer in German) is a breed of cattle named after the Val d'Hérens region of Switzerland. These small, horned alpine cattle are coloured...
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    Evolène in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is situated at the end of the Val d'Hérens, south of the cantonal capital, Sion. Arolla is situated at 1998 m above...
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    the Mattertal (including the Saastal), the Val d'Anniviers, the Val d'Hérens, the Val de Bagnes and the Val d'Entremont. On the north of the Rhône, in...
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    Valais. The village is situated in the central part of the canton, in the Val d'Hérens, south of Sion. It belongs to the municipality of Hérémence Euseigne...
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  • which runs the Bieudron Hydro Project and the Grande Dixence Dam in the Val d'Hérens, Valais. Grande Dixence is primarily concerned with the production of...
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    were killed in a mountaineering accident on the Petite Dent de Veisivi, Val d'Hérens, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland. As a memorial to John Hopkinson and...
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    Champéry – Morgins – Les Crosets VS and Avoriaz in France Adelboden – Lenk BE Val d'Anniviers: Grimentz – Zinal – Vercorin – St-Luc – Chandolin VS Gstaad:...
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    all generations speak it. The commune of Evolène is situated in the Val d'Hérens. Evolène is one of the largest municipalities in Switzerland despite...
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    Isère Arc Drac Fier Arve Chablais Valais Dranse Val de Banse Val d'Entremont Val d'Hérens, Val d'Herémece Val d'Anniviers Turtmanntal Lötschental Vispa Saastal...
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    659 m (12,005 ft)). The name Besso means "twins" in the dialect of the Val d'Hérens and refers to the twin summits of the mountain. The first ascent of the...
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    overlooking St-Martin in the canton of Valais. It lies between the Val d'Hérens and the Val de Réchy, west of the Becs de Bosson. Retrieved from the Swisstopo...
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  • Herens or Hérens may refer to: Val d'Hérens, a valley in Switzerland Hérens (district), an administrative district covering the above valley Herens (cattle)...
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    evident. Rock shelters have been discovered above Zermatt and in the Val d'Hérens: the seasonal transhumance of herds between the plains and the alpine...
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    Ferpècle is a dispersed settlement in the upper Val d'Hérens in Valais, Switzerland, upstream of Les Haudères, at between about 1,700 m and 1,800 m elevation...
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    weakening of Savoyard rule in Vaud. The events began in Val d'Anniviers (Enfis) and Val d'Hérens (Urens), the valleys south of Siders and Sion, respectively...
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    Aosta Valley), thus forming the linguistic tri-point between French (Val d'Hérens and Aosta Valley), German (Mattertal), and Italian (bilingual Aosta Valley)...
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    Valais. The village is situated in the central part of the canton, in the Val d'Hérens, south of Sion. It belongs to the municipality of Evolène. Les Haudères...
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    mountain pass Col du Tsaté (2,867 m (9,406 ft)), a crossing into the Val d'Hérens, passes the lake. Lac de la Bayenna, schweizersee.ch (in German) Tour...
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  • on the right bank of the Borgne and the left bank of the Rhone in the Val d'Hérens at an elevation of 1,345 m (4,413 ft). It consists of the village of...
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  • during that year. Alexandre Bourdin: HEREMENCE, son passé et notes sur le Val d'Hérens. (1973); Imprimerie Gessler S.A., Sion; Editions du Château, Sion; 220...
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    He was born in Saint-Martin, Valais, a small village situated in the Val d'Hérens, in the canton of Valais. He was first educated at the Ecole normale...
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    Switzerland.. Hérémence district had been formed in 1798, including the Val d’Hérens which had formerly been a subject territory of the seven tithings. Hérens...
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  • north bank of the Rhône, the municipalities of Hérens are located in the Val d'Hérens on the south bank of the Rhône. It comprises the following municipalities:...
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    the Grand Combin, whose peak is across the border in Switzerland. Dent d'Hérens (4,171 m) Punta Margherita (Pointe Marguerite) (3,905 m) Dents des Bouquetins...
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  • Les Masses is a small ski resort town in Val d'Herens. Les Masses is part of the municipality of Hérémence, Valais, Switzerland. It is in the Four Valleys...
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    Normal mountaineering routes to Sasseneire are from Val de Moiry on the east and from Val d’Herens on the west. Both routes lead to Col de Torrent which...
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    on the right bank of the Borgne and the left bank of the Rhone in the Val d'Hérens at an elevation of 1,345 m (4,413 ft). Nax is situated at the entrance...
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