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Savièse
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Also known as Savièse VS, Saviese, Saviese VS

Savièse is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name
Savièse
Swiss town.municipality_type
municipality
Swiss town.imagepath_coa
CHE Savièse COA.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_flag
CHE Savièse Flag.svg
Swiss town.canton
Valais
Swiss town.iso code region
CH-VS
Swiss town.district
Sion
Swiss town.postal_code
1965
Swiss town.municipality_code
6265
Swiss town.area
70.9
Swiss town.elevation
820
Swiss town.population
5534
Swiss town.populationof
December 2002
Swiss town.popofyear
2002
Swiss town.website
www.saviese.ch
Swiss town.mayor
Sylvain Dumoulin
Swiss town.neighboring_municipalities
Arbaz, Ayent, Conthey, Grimisuat, Gsteig bei Gstaad (BE), Lauenen (BE), Ormont-Dessus (VD), Sion
Swiss town.twintowns
Vaux-le-Pénil (France)

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Savièse is a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

==History== Savièse is first mentioned in 1200 as Saviesi. In 1224 it was mentioned as Savisia. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Safiesch, however, that name is no longer used.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Savièse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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