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Sierre
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Municipality of Switzerland
- Official name
- Ville de Sierre
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Sierre District
- Official language
- French
- Population
- 17829
- Area
- 19.13
- Elevation
- 533
- Body of water
- Rhône
- Capital of
- Sierre District
- Shares border with
- Noble-Contrée
- Official website
- www.sierre.ch
- Image
- Ansicht Siders, 2024.jpg
- Dialing code
- 027
- Licence plate code
- VS
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- twinned administrative body
- Saint-Étienne
- P8168
- Türkentor
- Commons category
- Sierre
- topic's main category
- Category:Sierre
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Sierre, Switzerland
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sierre
- postal code
- 3960
- language used
- French
- replaces
- Granges
- name in native language
- Sidrium
- external data available at URL
- geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/6248
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
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.
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