Valais

Demographics

Valais is predominantly French speaking. The eastern part of the canton Upper Valais, however, speaks German. The French speaking population makes up about two thirds of the total population

Related Topics:
French - Upper Valais - German

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The whole canton is thinly populated. The largest towns are the capital Sion (Sitten), Sierre and Visp. There is no major city located in the canton. Over 90% of the population are Roman Catholic.

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Towns and villages

• Anzère
• Brig
• Sion
• Sierre
• Martigny
• Crans-Montana
• Leukerbad
• Saas-Fee
• Verbier
• Zermatt