Vals

Summary

Vals is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Vals ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vals was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Vals is located in Canton of the Grisons^[4].
• Vals is located in Surselva Region^[5].
• Vals is in the country of Switzerland^[6].
• Vals is on the body of water Valser Rhine^[7].
• Vals's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Vals's official language is recorded as Swiss High German^[9].
• Vals's shares border with is recorded as Blenio^[10].
• Vals's shares border with is recorded as Lumbrein^[11].
• Vals's shares border with is recorded as Nufenen^[12].
• Vals's shares border with is recorded as Safien^[13].
• Vals's shares border with is recorded as Hinterrhein^[14].
• Vals's shares border with is recorded as St. Martin^[15].
• Vals's postal code is recorded as 7132^[16].
• Vals's Commons category is recorded as Vals, Switzerland^[17].
• Vals's licence plate code is recorded as GR^[18].
• Vals's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[19].
• Vals's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[20].
• Vals's local dialing code is recorded as 081^[21].
• Vals's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.616388888889, 'lon': 9.1833333333333}^[22].
• Vals's official website is recorded as http://www.vals.ch^[23].
• Vals's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vals, Switzerland^[24].
• Vals has a population of {'amount': '+1050'}^[25].
• Vals has a population of {'amount': '+1007'}^[26].
• Vals's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/3603^[27].

Body

Geography

Vals is in the country of Switzerland^[6]. Located in include Canton of the Grisons^[4], a canton of Switzerland^[28], in Switzerland^[29], founded in 1496^[30] and Surselva Region^[5], a region of Graubünden^[31], in Switzerland^[32], founded in 2016^[33]. Vals is on the body of water Valser Rhine^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+152.73'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+175.56'}^[35]. Vals sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1252'}^[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1050'}^[25] and {'amount': '+1007'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Vals's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].

Why It Matters

Vals ranks in the top 5% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (130 views/month).^[2] Vals has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Vals is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]