Valais (UK: /ˈvæleɪ/ VAL-ay, US: /væˈleɪ/ val-AY; French: [valɛ] ), more formally, the Canton of Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation...
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The Valais Blacknose, German: Walliser Schwarznasenschaf, is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Valais region of Switzerland. It is a dual-purpose...
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The Valais Republic (French: République du Valais; German: Republik Wallis) or Vallais was a sister republic of France that existed between 1802 and 1810...
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The Valais Blackneck is a Swiss breed of domestic goat from the canton of Valais. It is distributed in southern Switzerland – the largest concentration...
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Upper Valais invaded Savoy territories, annexing the Lower Valais as far as Massongex and organizing it as a subject country. In 1569, Chablais Valais was...
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Raclette du Valais (French pronunciation: [ʁaklɛt dy valɛ]) or Walliser Raclette (German) is a semi-hard cheese that is usually fashioned into a wheel...
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Sion, Switzerland (redirect from Sion (Valais))
German-speaking Upper Valais. Which gave the Upper Valais a majority of the Zenden in the council, to the detriment of the French-speaking Lower Valais. However,...
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the eastern part the Valais Ocean was formed. When in the Cretaceous period Africa again began to move towards Europe, the Valais Ocean became sandwiched...
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Raclette (category Valais)
historically a dish originating from the canton of Valais in Switzerland. This cheese from Valais benefits from an AOP. Raclette cheese is also a Swiss-type...
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Rhône (category Valais–Vaud border)
Rhône include: Oberwald (Valais) Brig (Valais) Visp (Valais) Leuk (Valais) Sierre (Valais) Sion (Valais) St. Maurice (Valais) see Lake Geneva for a list...
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HC Valais-Chablais is a Swiss professional ice hockey team who play in Martigny in the canton of Valais. They have played in the Swiss League (SL) since...
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in the cantons of Valais, Bern, and Fribourg, French speakers forming the majority of the population in the regions of Lower Valais, Bernese Jura and...
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The Roux du Valais is an endangered breed of sheep native to Switzerland. The Roux du Valais is indigenous to Switzerland, and has survived despite the...
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Ardon, Switzerland (redirect from Ardon (Valais))
[aʁdɔ̃] ) is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Ardon is first mentioned at the end of the 11th Century...
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Republic of the Seven Tithings (redirect from République du Valais)
Upper Valais, listed orographically[clarification needed], were Goms, Brig, Visp, Raron, Leuk, Siders, and Sion. The six districts of the Lower Valais, known...
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Council of Valais (French: Grand Conseil du Valais) (German: Grosser Rat) is the legislature of the canton of Valais, in Switzerland. Valais has a unicameral...
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Jay Valai is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the assistant head coach for defense, co-defensive coordinator, and pass defense...
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Albinen (redirect from Albinen (Valais))
Albinen is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Albinen is first mentioned in 1224 as Albignun. Later, it was...
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Saint-Maurice, Switzerland (redirect from Saint Maurice-en-Valais)
Saint-Maurice is a city in the Swiss canton of Valais and the capital of the district of Saint-Maurice. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Mex...
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Rouge du Pays (redirect from Cornalin du Valais)
Pays, also known as Cornalin du Valais or Cornalin, is a variety of red wine grape. It is primarily grown in the Valais region in Switzerland, where it...
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Cantonal Bank of Valais (French: Banque Cantonale du Valais; German: Walliser Kantonalbank) is a Swiss cantonal bank of the Swiss canton of Valais. It is part...
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Valais Monster (French: Monstre du Valais), also known as Eischoll Wolf, and Mysterious animal of Leuk (French: Animal mystérieux de la Loèche), is the...
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The Valais witch trials consisted of a witch-hunt and a series of witch trials which took place in the Valais (the House of Savoy and the prince-bishopric...
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Port-Valais (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ valɛ]) is a municipality of the district of Monthey in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
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Le Nouvelliste (Switzerland) (redirect from Le Nouvelliste (Valais))
newspaper, published in Sion, Valais, by the publishing company Éditions Le Nouvelliste SA. A regional newspaper for the Valais canton, it was established...
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Ort und Stand durchzusetzen. "Constitution du Canton du Valais". Swiss Federal Council. Le Valais est une république démocratique, souveraine ... incorporée...
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Switzerland to increase its territory, with the admission of the cantons of Valais, Neuchâtel and Geneva. Switzerland's borders saw only minor adjustments...
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Monthey (redirect from Monthey (Valais))
Arpitan: Montê) is the capital of the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The castle in the town center was built in 950 on a hill...
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Pennine Alps (redirect from Valais Alps)
Italian: Alpi Pennine, Latin: Alpes Poeninae), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion (category Valais)
possessions in Lower Valais. The medieval bishops of Sion were generally appointed from the younger sons of noble families of Savoy and Valais and often drew...
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