Switzerland
Valais
Sion District

Sion

Sion is the capital of the canton of in . With a population of 35,000, it is the biggest city in the canton and a regional centre. The cantonal administration as well as many of the higher schools are located here.
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  • Type: Town with 34,600 residents
  • Description: capital of the canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Sion VS”, “Sion, Switzerland”, and “Sitten”
  • Postal code: 1950

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stade de Tourbillon and Sion railway station.

Stadium
Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.
The is a multi-purpose stadium in Sion, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Sion.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of Sion, in the canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the Simplon line and is served by local and long-distance trains.

Castle
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is a castle in Sion in the canton of in Switzerland. It is situated on a hill and faces the Basilique de Valère, located on the opposite hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salins and Les Agettes.

Village
was a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of merged into the municipality of Sion.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of in . The municipality of merged on 1 January 2017 into Sion.

Village
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is a municipality and capital of the district of Hérens in the canton of in . is situated 4 km southeast of Sion.

Sion

Latitude
46.2312° or 46° 13′ 52″ north
Longitude
7.3589° or 7° 21′ 32″ east
Population
34,600
Elevation
500 metres (1,640 feet)
IATA airport code
SIR
United Nations Location Code
CH SIR
Open location code
8FR969J5+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 197501928
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2658576
Wiki­data ID
Q68136
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sion” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sion, Switserland”
  • Albanian: “Sion”
  • Albanian: “Sioni”
  • Albanian: “Sitten”
  • Arabic: “سيون”
  • Armenian: “Սյոն”
  • Arpitan: “Sion”
  • Basque: “Sion”
  • Belarusian: “Зітэн”
  • Belarusian: “Сіён”
  • Belarusian: “Сьён”
  • Bengali: “সাইয়ন, সুইজারল্যান্ড”
  • Breton: “Sion”
  • Bulgarian: “Сион”
  • Catalan: “Sion”
  • Catalan: “Sitten”
  • Cebuano: “Sion (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Sion”
  • Cebuano: “Sitten”
  • Chechen: “Сьон”
  • Chinese: “Sion”
  • Chinese: “夕昂”
  • Chinese: “錫永”
  • Chinese: “锡永”
  • Chuvash: “Сьон”
  • Croatian: “Sion”
  • Czech: “Sion”
  • Czech: “Sitten”
  • Danish: “Sion”
  • Dutch: “Sion”
  • Esperanto: “Sion”
  • Esperanto: “Siono”
  • Estonian: “Sion”
  • Estonian: “Sioni vald”
  • Estonian: “Sitten”
  • Finnish: “Sion”
  • Finnish: “Sitten”
  • French: “Sedunum”
  • French: “Sion”
  • French: “Sitten”
  • Georgian: “სიონი”
  • German: “Brämis”
  • German: “Bramois”
  • German: “Sedunum”
  • German: “Sion VS”
  • German: “Sion”
  • German: “Sitten VS”
  • German: “Sitten”
  • German: “Sittu”
  • Greek: “Σιόν”
  • Hebrew: “זיטן”
  • Hebrew: “סיון”
  • Hungarian: “Sion”
  • Icelandic: “Sion”
  • Indonesian: “Sion, Swiss”
  • Indonesian: “Sion”
  • Indonesian: “Sitten”
  • Indonesian: “Sittu”
  • Interlingue: “Sion”
  • Irish: “Sion”
  • Italian: “Sion”
  • Italian: “Uvrier”
  • Japanese: “シオン”
  • Japanese: “ジッテン”
  • Japanese: “セドゥヌム”
  • Korean: “시옹”
  • Kurdish: “Sion”
  • Ladino: “Sion, Suisa”
  • Ladino: “Sion”
  • Latin: “Sedunum”
  • Latvian: “Sjona”
  • Lithuanian: “Sionas”
  • Lombard: “Sion”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sitten”
  • Macedonian: “Сион”
  • Macedonian: “Сјон”
  • Malay: “Sion, Switzerland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sion”
  • Mingrelian: “სიონი (შვეიცარია)”
  • Mingrelian: “სიონი”
  • Neapolitan: “Sion”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sion”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sitten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sion”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sitten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sion i Sveits”
  • Norwegian: “Sion”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sion VS”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sion”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sitten”
  • Persian: “سیون، سوئیس”
  • Piemontese: “Sion”
  • Polish: “Sion”
  • Portuguese: “Sião”
  • Portuguese: “Sion”
  • Quechua: “Sion”
  • Romanian: “Sion, Elveția”
  • Romanian: “Sion”
  • Romansh: “Sion”
  • Romansh: “Sitten”
  • Russian: “Зиттен”
  • Russian: “Сьон”
  • Scots: “Sion”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sion”
  • Serbian: “Сијон”
  • Serbian: “Сион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sion, Švicarska”
  • Sicilian: “Sion”
  • Slovak: “Sion”
  • Slovenian: “Sion”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیون، سوئیس”
  • Spanish: “Sion”
  • Spanish: “Sitten”
  • Swahili: “Sion, Uswisi”
  • Swedish: “Sion, Valais”
  • Swedish: “Sion”
  • Swiss German: “Sion”
  • Swiss German: “Sitte VS”
  • Swiss German: “Sitten VS”
  • Tatar: “Сьоң”
  • Thai: “ซียง”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Sitten VS”
  • Turkish: “Sion, İsviçre”
  • Turkish: “Sion”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьйон”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьон”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Sion”
  • Urdu: “سیون، سوئٹزرلینڈ”
  • Venetian: “Sion”
  • Vietnamese: “Sion, Thụy Sĩ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sion”
  • Volapük: “Sion”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sion, Swiza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sion”
  • Welsh: “Sion”
  • Welsh: “Sitten”
  • Western Frisian: “Sion (Switserlân)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sion”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیؤن”
  • Wu Chinese: “锡永”
  • Yiddish: “סיאן”
  • Yiddish: “סיטען”
  • Yue Chinese: “錫永”
  • “Sion”

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