city of Zürich. Sepp Blatter (born 1936 in Visp), a Swiss football administrator, eighth President of the FIFA from 1998 to 2015 Walter Salzmann (1936 in Visp – 2012), ice hockey player and coach, competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics Pierre Imhasly (born 1939 in Visp – 2017), a Swiss novelist and poet Aldo Zenhäusern (1951 in Visp – 2012), a Swiss ice hockey player, competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics Andreas Schaerer (born 1976), Swiss jazz vocalist and composer Stefanie Heinzmann (born 1989 in Visp), Swiss pop singer and TV personality, winner of Castingshow SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD Dominique Gisin (born 1985 in Visp), a retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics Marcel Ribeiro (born 1990 in Visp), a Portuguese footballer Climate Visp features a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) according to the Köppen climate classification. Precipitation is lower than in other parts of Switzerland due to its location inside the high mountain ranges of the western Alps, which shields it from the precipitation falling both south and north of the Alps. References External links Official website Cities in Switzerland Populated places on the Rhône Populated riverside places in Switzerland