Visp (French: Viège) is a municipality in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland. It it the seat of the district of Visp. Its population is around 7,000. The two valleys are Mattertal and Saastal. It is bordered with Brig-Gils, one of the densest.

The majority of the population speaks German.

Contents

1 Economy 2 Transportation 3 District of Visp 4 External links:

Economy

Its chemical industry is named LONZA AG. There are smaller businesses.

Transportation

• Rails:
  • Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn, it amalgamated Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn and Furka-Oberalp-Bahn in 2003.

In 2007, it will be a junction of the Neuen Eisenbahn-Alpentransversalen , lit. New Trans-Alpine railways (NEAT, pro: neh-aht), connecting with the Basel-Bern-Lötschberg-Domodossola-Mailand line.

The Bus and the train station of Visp and Brig serve as the starting point for many outdoor activities, trips, and tours in the surrounding mountain resorts Zermatt and Saas-Fee.

District of Visp

Visp is a district in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Its seat is Visp.

• CH-3937 Baltschieder
• CH-3909 Eisten
• CH-3926 Embd
• CH-3925 Grächen
• CH-3931 Lalden
• CH-3928 Randa
• CH-3905 Saas-Almagell
• CH-3908 Saas-Balen
• CH-3906 Saas-Fee
• CH-3910 Saas-Grund
• CH-3924 St. Niklaus VS
• CH-3922 Stalden VS
• CH-3933 Staldenried
• CH-3929 Täsch
• CH-3923 Törbel
• CH-3930 Visp
• CH-3932 Visperterminen
• CH-3934 Zeneggen
• CH-3920 Zermatt

External links:

• Official website (http://www.visp.ch) (in German)

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