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.Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Belappetit, CC0.
- Type: Town with 34,600 residents
- Description: capital of the canton of Valais, Switzerland
- Postal code: 1950
Notable Places in the Area
Stade de Tourbillon
Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.
The Stade de Tourbillon is a multi-purpose stadium in Sion, Switzerland.
Valère Basilica
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Valère Basilica, also called Valère castle, is a fortified church situated in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Sion railway station
Photo: Hans-Rudolf Berner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sion railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Sion, in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Localities in the Area
Salins
Salins is a former municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.Les Agettes
Photo: Olivier Bruchez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Les Agettes is a former municipality in the district of Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Vex
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Categories: municipality of Switzerland, cantonal capital of Switzerland, city of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Sion District, Valais, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.2312° or 46° 13' 52" northLongitude
7.3589° or 7° 21' 32" eastPopulation
34,600Elevation
500 metres (1,640 feet)IATA airport code
SIRUnited Nations Location Code
CH SIROpen Location Code
8FR969J5+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 197501928OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2658576Wikidata ID
Q68136Sion Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Sion, Switserland
- Albanian: Sion
- Albanian: Sioni
- Albanian: Sitten
- Arabic: Sion, Swiza
- Arabic: سيون
- Armenian: Սյոն
- Arpitan: Sion
- Basque: Sion
- Belarusian: Зітэн
- Belarusian: Сьён
- Belarusian: Сіён
- Bengali: সাইয়ন, সুইজারল্যান্ড
- Breton: Sion
- Bulgarian: Сион
- Catalan: Sion
- Catalan: Sitten
- Cebuano: Sion (munisipyo)
- Cebuano: Sion
- Cebuano: Sitten
- Chechen: Сьон
- Chinese: Sion
- Chinese: 錫永
- Chinese: 锡永
- Chuvash: Сьон
- Croatian: Sion
- Czech: Sion
- Czech: Sitten
- Danish: Sion
- Dutch: Sion
- English: Sion, Switzerland
- English: Sion VS
- English: Sitten
- Esperanto: Sion
- Esperanto: Siono
- Estonian: Sion
- Estonian: Sioni vald
- Estonian: Sitten
- Finnish: Sion
- Finnish: Sitten
- French: Sedunum
- French: Sion
- French: Sitten
- Georgian: სიონი
- German: Bramois
- German: Brämis
- German: Sedunum
- German: Sion
- German: Sion VS
- German: Sitten
- German: Sitten VS
- German: Sittu
- Greek: Σιόν
- Hebrew: זיטן
- Hebrew: סיון
- Hungarian: Sion
- Icelandic: Sion
- Indonesian: Sion
- Indonesian: Sitten
- Indonesian: Sittu
- 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: Сјон
- Malay: Sion, Switzerland
- Min Nan Chinese: Sion
- Mingrelian: სიონი (შვეიცარია)
- Mingrelian: სიონი
- Neapolitan: Sion
- Norwegian: Sion
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sion
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sitten
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Sion i Sveits
- Occitan (post 1500): Sion
- Occitan (post 1500): Sion VS
- Occitan (post 1500): Sitten
- Persian: سیون، سوئیس
- Piemontese: Sion
- Polish: Sion
- Portuguese: Sion
- Portuguese: Sião
- Quechua: Sion
- Romanian: Sion, Elveția
- Romanian: Sion
- Romansh: Sion
- Romansh: Sitten
- Russian: Зиттен
- Russian: Сьон
- Scots: Sion
- Scottish Gaelic: Sion
- Serbian: Сион
- Serbian: Сијон
- 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
- Volapük: Sion
- 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
- Sion, Swiss
- Sion, Thụy Sĩ
Other Places Named Sion
In the Area
- TurinHamlet
- Petit ChampsecNeighbourhood
- ChamplanHamlet
- RoumazVillage
- La MurazNeighbourhood
- Pravidondaz (Salins)Hamlet
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