Sion, Switzerland
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| Canton | Valais |
| District | Sion |
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| Population | 27,697 (December 2002) |
| Area | 25.6 km² |
| Elevation | 500 m |
| Postal code | 1950 |
| SFOS number | 6266 |
| Mayor | François Mudry (PDC) |
| Website | www.sion.ch |
| Twin towns | Colón (Argentina) |
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Sion (German Sitten, Latin Sedunum) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. In 2002, its population was 27,700.
[edit] History
The Roman Catholic diocese of Sion is the oldest in Switzerland and one of the oldest north of the Alps.
Sion lost to Turin, Italy in its bid to host the 2006 Winter Olympics. Sion also bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics, which it lost to Salt Lake City, and the 1976 Winter Olympics, which it lost to Denver (the games were re-assigned to Innsbruck when Denver residents voted down additional funding).
Sion is also the sister city to
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Arbaz | Grimisuat | Salins | Savièse | Sion | Veysonnaz
Valais | Districts of Canton Valais | Municipalities of the canton of Valais
Aarau (Aargau) - Altdorf (Uri) - Appenzell (Appenzell Innerrhoden) - Basel (Basel-City) - Bellinzona (Ticino) - Berne (Berne) - Chur (Grisons) - Delémont (Jura) - Frauenfeld (Thurgau) - Fribourg (Fribourg) - Geneva (Geneva) - Glarus (Glarus) - Herisau/Trogen (Appenzell Ausserrhoden) - Lausanne (Vaud) - Liestal (Basel-Land) - Lucerne (Lucerne) - Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel) - St. Gallen (St. Gallen) - Sarnen (Obwalden) - Schaffhausen (Schaffhausen) - Schwyz (Schwyz) - Sion (Valais) - Solothurn (Solothurn) - Stans (Nidwalden) - Zug (Zug) - Zurich (Zurich)
