Valais Republic République du Valais (French) | |||||||||
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1802[1]–1810[2] | |||||||||
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.
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