Sion, Switzerland of 1,200. Sion is host to a number of newspapers, television and radio stations: In Sion about 8,560 or (31.5%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 3,670 or (13.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule"). Of the 3,670 who completed tertiary schooling, 54.9% were Swiss men, 32.0% were Swiss women, 7.5% were non-Swiss men and 5.6% were non-Swiss women. , there were 3,122 students in Sion who came from another municipality, while 261 residents attended schools outside the municipality. Sion is home to 4 libraries. These libraries include; the Médiathèque Valais Sion,
Sion, Switzerland the "Bibliothèque municipale de Sion", the "HES-SO Valais Médiathèque santé-social" and the "HES-SO Valais, Domaine Sciences de l'ingénieur". There was a combined total () of 690,513 books or other media in the libraries, and in the same year a total of 294,320 items were loaned out. Sion has two high schools (colleges) Sion is also host to the : The HES-SO Valais offers education in Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Information Technology and Health Sciences. Sion is situated on the main railway line and the motorway, and also has an airport (Sion Airport). From the , 21,220 or 78.1% were Roman Catholic,