Port-Valais

municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q70393
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Summary

Port-Valais is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Port-Valais ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (276 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Monthey District[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Rhône[6], Lake Geneva[7]
  • Official language: French[8]
  • Shares border with: Vouvry[9], Saint-Gingolph[10]
  • Postal code: 1897[11]
  • Commons category: Port-Valais[12]
  • Licence plate code: VS[13]
  • Local dialing code: 024[14]
  • Official website: https://www.port-valais.ch/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Port-Valais[16]
  • Population: 3995[17], 4108[18], 4551[19]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6154[20]
  • Official name: Port-Valais[21]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Port-Valais[22]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Port-Valais, Switzerland[23]
  • Elevation above sea level: 390 m[24]
  • Area: 14.3 km²[25], 14.35 km²[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[27]

Why It Matters

Port-Valais has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Port-Valais is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Uschoen · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Geonames id → 7286822
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'frp', 'it'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Geonames id: 2659166"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 16w ago · Lehmannro · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image → CHE Port-Valais Flag.svg
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag image: CHE Port-Valais Flag.svg, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782070149300"
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