Sierre

Also known as Sierre, VS, Siders, Siders, VS, Siders, Valais

Sierre (; ; ) is the capital municipality of the district of Sierre, located in the Rhône valley in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of 18,020. Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun () for its average of 300 days of sunshine a year.

Key facts

Swiss town.subject_name: Sierre
Swiss town.image_photo: Sierre-Lac.jpg
Swiss town.municipality_type: city
Swiss town.imagepath_flag: CHE Sierre Flag.svg
Swiss town.imagepath_coa: CHE Sierre COA.svg
Swiss town.canton: Valais
Swiss town.iso code region: CH-VS
Swiss town.district: Sierre
Swiss town.postal_code: 3960
Swiss town.municipality_code: 6248
Swiss town.area: 19.2
Swiss town.elevation: 533
Swiss town.population: 18020
Swiss town.populationof: December 2024
Swiss town.popofyear: 2024
Swiss town.website: www.sierre.ch
Swiss town.mayor: Pierre Berthod
Swiss town.mayor_asof: November 2016

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

History
Prehistory
Medieval and early modern developments
19th century
Modern Sierre
Geography
Coat of arms
Demographics
Heritage sites of national significance
Sights
Twin towns
Politics
Economy
Religion
Weather
Education
Sport
Events
Notable people
References
External links

It is the last official French-speaking city in Valais before the French–German language border of the canton located at the forêt de Finges, a few kilometres after the town. A German-speaking minority lives in Sierre, counting for around 8% of the population.

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