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Sion (French: [sjɔ̃] ⓘ) [3] is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. As of December 2020 it had a population of 34,978 [4] (known as Sédunois (es)). [5] On 17 January 1968, the former municipality of Bramois merged into the municipality of Sion. [6]
Sion has a population (as of December 2020 [update]) of 48,447. [ 1 ] Most of the population (as of 2000 [update]) speaks French (31,488 or 85.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,878 or 5.1%) and Portuguese is the third (1,029 or 2.8%). There are 915 people who speak Italian and 20 people who speak Romansh.
The Valère and Tourbillon castles as seen from Sion. The castle of Valère is located on the Valère hill at 615 meters (2,018 ft) above sea level and dominates the town of Sion in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. [2] The castle's church is located at the top of the hill, while the fortified village and its walls surround it.
The Sion astronomical clock is an astronomical clock at the town hall of Sion in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The clock was first installed in 1667–68; the present mechanism dates from 1902. [ 1][ 2] The clock has five dials: on the two lateral sides of the clock tower, there are 12-hour dials. The principal dial on the front of the ...
SION, Switzerland (Reuters) -A gunman killed two people and wounded a third in the Swiss alpine town of Sion on Monday morning, and a suspect was later arrested, police said. Switzerland has a ...
Website of the Diocese. The Diocese of Sion (Latin: Dioecesis Sedunensis, French: Diocèse de Sion, ‹See Tfd› German: Bistum Sitten) is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the oldest bishopric in the country and one of the oldest north of the Alps. The history of the Bishops of Sion, of the ...
Below is a list of towns and cities in Switzerland. Until 2014 municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants were considered to be towns (German: Stadt/Städte, French: ville (s), Italian: città). Since 2014, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) uses a new algorithm (called German: Statistische Städte 2012, or French: Villes statistiques ...
7044. Tourbillon Castle (French: Château de Tourbillon) is a castle in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated on a hill and faces the Basilique de Valère, located on the opposite hill. It was built at the end of the 13th century under the direction of Bishop Boniface de Challant.