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Valais Republic
Valais Republic République du Valais (French) | |||||||||
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| 1802[1]–1810[2] | |||||||||
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| Status | Client state of France | ||||||||
| Capital | Sion[3] | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic Church (state religion)[3] | ||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||
| Legislature | General Diet[3] | ||||||||
| Historical era | Napoleonic Wars | ||||||||
• Separation from the Helvetic Republic | 28 August 1802[1] | ||||||||
• Annexation to the French Empire through decree | 13 December 1810[2] | ||||||||
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The Valais Republic[3] (French: République du Valais; German: Republik Wallis) or Vallais was a sister republic of France that existed between 1802 and 1810 in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, during the Napoleonic Wars, in territory corresponding to the modern Swiss canton of Valais.
- ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica (April 9, 2013). "Valais". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
napoleon.orgwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c d Constitution et loix de la république du Valais. Sion. 1808.
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