The Canton of Valais is subdivided into districts and municipalities. There is one former district, namely Raron District, which got divided into Westlich Raron District, Östlich Raron District.

Districts

Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...

is divided into 13 districts, represented by the 13 stars on the coat of arms of Valais: *

Brig A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the ...

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Brig-Glis Brig, officially Brig-Glis (french: Brigue-Glis; it, Briga-Glis), is a List of towns in Switzerland, historic town and Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Brig (district), Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Th ...

Conthey Conthey is a municipality in the district of Conthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Conthey is first mentioned about 800 as ''curtis Contextis''. In 1146 it was mentioned as ''ecclesiam de Plano Contesio''. Geography Cont ...

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* Entremont with capital

Sembrancher Sembrancher () is a municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Sembrancher is first mentioned in 1177 as ''Sancti Pancratii de Branchi''. Its German name ''St Branschier'' is no longer used. Ge ...

Goms GOMS is a specialized human information processor model for human-computer interaction observation that describes a user's cognitive structure on four components. In the book ''The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction''. written in 1983 by Stua ...

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Münster-Geschinen Münster-Geschinen is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Goms (district), Goms in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais in Switzerland. It was formed in 2004, from the union of the municipalities of Müns ...

* Hérens with capital Evolène * Leuk with capital Leuk *

Martigny Martigny (; german: Martinach, ; la, Octodurum) is the capital city of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of , and its population is approximately 15000 inhabitants (''Martignerains'' or "Octodurie ...

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* Monthey with capital Monthey * Saint-Maurice with capital Saint-Maurice *

Sierre Sierre (; german: Siders, ; frp, Siérro, ) is the capital municipality of the district of Sierre, located in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of 16,332. Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun (french: Cité du Soleil) for i ...

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Sion Sion may refer to * an alternative transliteration of Zion People * Sion (name) or Siôn, a Welsh and other given name and surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Shion or Sion, a Japanese given name Plac ...

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* Visp with capital Visp * District Raron is divided into: :*

Östlich Raron The district of Östlich Raron (fr. ''District de Rarogne oriental'') is an administrative district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The districts of Östlich Raron and Westlich Raron District, Westlich Raron share a single Community Identifi ...

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Mörel-Filet Mörel-Filet is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Östlich Raron in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais, Switzerland. It was formed on 1. January 2009 when Mörel, Switzerland, Mörel and Filet, Switzerland, ...

:* Westlich Raron with capital

Raron Raron (french: Rarogne) is a municipality in the district of Raron in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Raron is first mentioned around 1101–1200 as ''Rarogni''. In 1146 it was mentioned as ''Rarun''. A settlement on the Heidnisc ...

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See also