Sion
Sion is the capital of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. 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.
- Town with about 37,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 500 metres (1,640 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code SIR
- Description: capital of the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Postal code: 1950
- Also known as“Sion VS”“Sion, Switzerland”“Sitten”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stade de Tourbillon and Valère Basilica.
Stade de Tourbillon
The Stade de Tourbillon is a multi-purpose stadium in Sion, Switzerland.
Sion railway station
Sion railway station is a railway station in the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salins and Les Agettes.
Les Agettes
Les Agettes is a former municipality in the district…
Vex
Vex is a municipality and capital of the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Vex is situated 4 km southeast of Sion.
Sion
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Latitude
46.2312° or 46° 13′ 52″ north
Longitude
7.3589° or 7° 21′ 32″ east
UN/LOCODE
CH SIR
Open location code
8FR969J5+FH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sion” goes by many names.
Sion, SwitserlandAfrikaans
SionAlbanian
SioniAlbanian
SittenAlbanian
ሲዮንAmharic
سيونArabic
SionAragonese
ՍյոնArmenian
SionArpitan
SionAzerbaijani
SionBasque
ЗітэнBelarusian
СіёнBelarusian
СьёнBelarusian
সাইয়ন, সুইজারল্যান্ডBengali
সিয়নBengali
SionBreton
СионBulgarian
SionCatalan
SittenCatalan
SionCebuano
Sion (munisipyo)Cebuano
SittenCebuano
СьонChechen
夕昂Chinese
錫永Chinese
锡永Chinese
СьонChuvash
SionCroatian
SionCzech
SittenCzech
SionDanish
SionDutch
سيون، سويسراEgyptian Arabic
SionEsperanto
SionoEsperanto
SionEstonian
Sioni valdEstonian
SittenEstonian
SionFinnish
SittenFinnish
სიონიGeorgian
SionIcelandic
SionIndonesian
Sion, SwissIndonesian
SittenIndonesian
SittuIndonesian
SionInterlingue
SionIrish
SionItalian
UvrierItalian
シオンJapanese
ジッテンJapanese
セドゥヌムJapanese
SionJavanese
СионKazakh
СионKirghiz
시옹Korean
SionKurdish
SionLadino
Sion, SuisaLadino
SedunumLatin
SjonaLatvian
SionasLithuanian
SionLombard
SionLuxembourgish
Sion VSLuxembourgish
SittenLuxembourgish
Sitten VSLuxembourgish
СионMacedonian
СјонMacedonian
SionMalay
Sion, SwitzerlandMalay
SionMin Nan Chinese
სიონიMingrelian
სიონი (შვეიცარია)Mingrelian
SionNeapolitan
SionNorthern Frisian
SittenNorthern Frisian
SionNorwegian
SionNorwegian Bokmål
SittenNorwegian Bokmål
Sion i SveitsNorwegian Nynorsk
SionOccitan (post 1500)
Sion VSOccitan (post 1500)
SittenOccitan (post 1500)
SionOromo
ਸਿਓਨPanjabi
سیونPersian
سیون، سوئیسPersian
SionPiemontese
SionPolish
سیونPushto
SionQuechua
SionRomanian
Sion, ElvețiaRomanian
SionRomansh
SittenRomansh
ЗиттенRussian
СьонRussian
SionScots
SionScottish Gaelic
СијонSerbian
СионSerbian
Sion, ŠvicarskaSerbo-Croatian
SionSicilian
SionSilesian
SionSlovak
SionSlovenian
SionSomali
سیون، سوئیسSouth Azerbaijani
SionSwahili
Sion, UswisiSwahili
SionSwedish
Sion, ValaisSwedish
SionSwiss German
Sitte VSSwiss German
Sitten VSSwiss German
СионTajik
СионTatar
СьоңTatar
ซียงThai
SionTurkish
Sion, İsviçreTurkish
СьйонUkrainian
СьонUkrainian
SionUpper Sorbian
سیونUrdu
سیون، سوئٹزرلینڈUrdu
SionUzbek
SionVenetian
SionVietnamese
Sion, Thụy SĩVietnamese
SionVolapük
SionWaray (Philippines)
Sion, SwizaWaray (Philippines)
SionWelsh
SittenWelsh
SionWestern Frisian
Sion (Switserlân)Western Frisian
سیؤنWestern Panjabi
锡永Wu Chinese
סיאןYiddish
סיטעןYiddish
錫永Yue Chinese
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