Zinal
Sign in to saveZinal is a village in Switzerland, located in the municipality of Anniviers in the canton of Valais. It lies at an elevation of above sea level in the Swiss Alps in the Val de Zinal, a valley running from the Zinal Glacier, north of Dent Blanche to the village of Ayer, part of the Val d'Anniviers. With the Dent Blanche, four additional peaks are located around the valley: Bishorn, Weisshorn, Zinalrothorn, and Ober Gabelhorn.
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Place details
- Locality
- Anniviers
- Region
- Valais/Wallis
- Country
- Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Swiss town.subject_name
- Zinal
- Swiss town.image_photo
- Zinal depuis Le Belvédère.jpg
- Swiss town.position
- top
- Swiss town.municipality_type
- former
- Swiss town.within_municipality
- Anniviers
- Swiss town.canton
- Valais
- Swiss town.iso code region
- CH-VS
- Swiss town.district
- Sierre
- Swiss town.area
- 0
- Swiss town.elevation
- 1675
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Anniviers
- Elevation
- +1670
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.zinal.ch/fr/Regions
- Image
- Zinal depuis Le Belvédère.jpg
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- P4552
- Pennine Alps
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Article
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Zinal is a village in Switzerland, located in the municipality of Anniviers in the canton of Valais. It lies at an elevation of above sea level in the Swiss Alps in the Val de Zinal, a valley running from the Zinal Glacier, north of Dent Blanche to the village of Ayer, part of the Val d'Anniviers. With the Dent Blanche, four additional peaks are located around the valley: Bishorn, Weisshorn, Zinalrothorn, and Ober Gabelhorn.
== Tourism == The village is a typical Swiss ski resort with (linked with Grimentz since 2013 to form a greater skiing area) of ski slopes and of cross-country skiing. In summer the area has of marked trails and some mountain huts such as the Grand Mountet Hut in the middle of glaciers.