Written by When the train is big, it’s because the carriages are numerous… So much so that when it enters the station, the parade makes you dizzy until you can only look at the carriage you’ll be able to get on. And if the wagons represent the subjects of the Haut-Plateau, then yes, the train is so […]
The Dizains in Valais are the ancestors of today’s 13 Districts (the 13 stars on the Valais flag). The District concept exists in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, each with its own particularities and history. The first traces of this are found in Valais in 1355 under the name “Decima”, designating 10 regions along the […]
The Valais, a tourist region par excellence, has a high proportion of secondary residents (R2), who are often well integrated, well beyond a few seasonal vacations. The noise of numbers: While the 15,000 inhabitants (R1) of the Haut-Plateau already form a mountain town, there are also 40,000 secondary residents. The District of Sierre, which stretches […]