Savièse
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Savièse
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Sion District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 8278
- Area
- 70.98
- Elevation
- 820
- Official website
- www.saviese.ch
- Image
- Savièse - 2022.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
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- Commons category
- Savièse
- twinned administrative body
- Vaux-le-Pénil
- postal code
- 1965
- P8168
- Hannover Marathon
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6265
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Demographics
- Politics
- Economy
- Religion
- Education
- Cultural Heritage
- References
- External links
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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