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The Vals Valley () is located in the canton of Graubünden in 
Image: oberes_Valsertal.jpg , Upper Vals Valley
Image: Valsertal.jpg , Vals Valley
Image: Vals_GR.jpg , The village Vals
Valleys of the Alps
Valleys of Graubünden
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
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Geography
The Vals Valley is a roughly 16 kilometers long valley. At Uors, it branches off to the south from theLumnezia
Lumnezia is a valley region and a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss of canton of Graubünden. The former municipalities of Cumbel, Degen, Lumbrein, Morissen, Suraua, Vignogn, Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the ...
. The valley is drained by the Valser Rhine. There are two municipalities in the valley: Vals and St. Martin.
The population is spread out across several hamlets and the village of , which has an altitude of 1250 m. They form a Walser
The Walser people are the speakers of the Walser German dialects, a variety of Highest Alemannic.
They inhabit the region of the Alps of Swiss Alps, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, as well as the fringes of Italy and Austria.
The Walser peopl ...
enclave, since the people in the adjacent Lumnezia speak Romansh.
History
Isolated finds show that the Vals Valley was used as a link between the Mesolcina and the Alpine Rhine Valley as early as theBronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
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The lower part of the valley was settled in the 12th Century, if not earlier. Low justice was provided by the court in Sagogn
Sagogn (; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Surselva Region in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
History
Sagogn is first mentioned in 765 as ''Secanio''.
Geography
Sagogn has an area, , o ...
; high justice by the barons of Belmont. In the 14th century, the upper part of the valley was settled by the Walser
The Walser people are the speakers of the Walser German dialects, a variety of Highest Alemannic.
They inhabit the region of the Alps of Swiss Alps, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, as well as the fringes of Italy and Austria.
The Walser peopl ...
migration.
Tourism
Therme Vals, the onlyhot spring
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...
in Graubünden where hot water springs straight from the ground, is located in the valley. Peiden-Bad, in the Lumnezia, is a former spa
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to pre ...
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