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SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF VALAIS

This canton located in the south of the Swiss Confederation is located in the upper Rhone Valley. From 1613 to 1798, a Diet chaired by the Prince-Bishop of Sion (Sitten in German) managed the affairs of the Canton. Attached to the Helvetic Republic in 1798, the canton became the Rhodanian Republic between 1802 and 1810, then was attached to the French Empire under the name of Simplon Department. n August 4, 1815, Valais became the twentieth canton of the Swiss Confederation..