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Visp (French Viège) is the capital of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Its population is around 7,000. The two valleys are Mattertal and Saastal. It borders with Brig-Glis.
The majority of the population is German-speaking.
Its chemical industry is named LONZA AG. There are smaller businesses. A speciallity of Visp is there are more jobs than population. population : ca. 7000 jobs ca. 7400.
In 2007, Visp became a junction of the Neue Eisenbahn-Alpentransversale or NEAT (pronounced neh-aht; literally: New Alpine Railway Crossing), connecting with the Basel-Bern-Lötschberg-Domodossola-Mailand line.
The bus and the train station of Visp and Brig serve as the starting point for many outdoor activities, trips, and tours in the surrounding mountain resorts Zermatt and Saas-Fee, lying at the foot of almost all the highest peaks in the Alps, such as Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, Dom and Weisshorn.