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 breed of domestic goat from the canton of Valais, in southern Switzerland, and neighbouring areas of northern Italy. The largest...
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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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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 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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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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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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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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2020. "Succès Italien á Open de Crans". Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). Sion, Valais, Switzerland. 5 September 1966. p. 5 – via Newspaper Archive...
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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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Münster is a village situated in the municipality of Goms, Canton of Valais in Switzerland, at the river Rhône or Rotten. 46°29′13″N 8°15′49″E / 46.4869°N...
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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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Ort und Stand durchzusetzen. "Constitution du Canton du Valais". Swiss Federal Council. Le Valais est une république démocratique, souveraine ... incorporée...
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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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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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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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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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in the Canton of Valais Saas-Balen, in the Canton of Valais Saas-Fee, in the Canton of Valais Saas-Grund, in the Canton of Valais Saastal, a valley in...
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The Valais thaler was a coin equivalent to the French silver écu issued by the Swiss canton of Valais until 1798.[dubious – discuss] It contained 26.67...
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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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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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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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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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Valari (redirect from Valai tadi)
A valari (Tamil: வளரி) is a traditional weapon, primarily used by the Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. The valari resembles, and is used similar...
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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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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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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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