Sion
Capital of the canton of Valais, Switzerland
Also known as Sitten · Sion VS
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 37,844(December 31, 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Bilanz der ständigen Wohnbevölkerung nach Bezirken und Gemeinden, 1991-2025”bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung/stand-entwicklung.assetdetail.36681837.htmlRetrieved 2026-10-16
- , 37,154(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.dam-api.bfs.admin.ch/hub/api/dam/assets/36073822/masterRetrieved 2026-02-21
- , 34,708(December 31, 2018)
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Sources- 1.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/pxweb/fr/px-x-0102020000_201/-/px-x-0102020000_201.pxRetrieved 2020-06-02
- +37 more
- 37,844(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 34.86 km²(January 1, 2026)
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- , 29.81 km²(2004)
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Sources- 1.“Arealstatistik Standard - Gemeinden nach 4 Hauptbereichen”bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung/gesamtspektrum-regionalen-stufen/gemeinden.htmlRetrieved 2019-01-13
- 34.86 km²(January 1, 2026)
- Elevation
- 515 m
- Head of government
- Philippe Varone(since 2016)
- , Marcel Maurer(2009–2016)
- , François Mudry(1997–2009)
- Postal code
- 1950
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
129 statements · 48% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Official name
- Sion
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- Sitten
- Sion
- Heritage designation
- Swiss townscape worthy of protection inventory number: ISOS 5131 · subject named as: Sion
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- Swiss townscape worthy of protection inventory number: ISOS 5131 · subject named as: Sion
- Replaces
- Les Agettes(January 1, 2017) applies to part: municipality of Switzerland
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- Salins(January 1, 2013) applies to part: municipality of Switzerland
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- Bramois(November 17, 1968) applies to part: municipality of Switzerland
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- Les Agettes(January 1, 2017) applies to part: municipality of Switzerland
- Member of
- SGV-ACS
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Sources- 1.chgemeinden.ch/wAssets/docs/verband/deutsch/2021_Liste_Mitglieder_Stand-01_01.pdfRetrieved 2021-01-22
- SGV-ACS
- Related category
- Category:Streets in Sion category contains: street
- Demonym
- Sédunois applies to part: masculine singular
- Sédunoise applies to part: feminine singular
On other databases
42 identifiers linking Sion across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID4203
- Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID26
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Sion
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDsion-valais
- Facebook location ID109513215741594
- Facebook usernamesioncapitale
- FactGrid item IDQ153171
- FAST ID1215749
- Freebase ID/m/02lz8q
- GeoNames ID7287176
- GND ID4077467-3
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDsion
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0062913
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDSion_-_by_i_Sveits
- HDS ID002802
- Instagram usernamesioncapitale
- J9U entity ID987007557477205171
- KSW place ID79298
- Le Figaro tag IDSion
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn81114287
- LinkedIn company or organization IDsioncapitale
- Museum-digital place ID11390
- MusicBrainz area ID81fb1a71-40e4-4438-ad66-a6eaf4a7b343
- NL CR AUT IDge1090542
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3975520
- OpenStreetMap relation ID2757528
- OpenWeatherMap city ID7287176
- PACTOLS thesaurus IDpcrtgdKWXdMoWv
- Quora topic IDSion-Switzerland
- SBN place IDUBOL003169
- SNARC IDQ164610
- SPAP IDp/d5296502-ceb5-4143-8a6d-c2a75bf6de74
- Swiss Enterprise Identification NumberCHE-114.850.442
- Swiss municipality code6266
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDIMUBHZGA4BDQTIQDNAKOGKOYYM
- UN/LOCODECHSIR
- VerbaAlpina IDA61218
- VIAF cluster ID126075124
- Vikidia article IDfr:Sion
- Who's on First ID101853219
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJmpghKYXTKTbMhg6Q8KVC
- Yale LUX IDplace/cd2e9899-8653-4c22-85ac-601c25d71f98