Sion District Sion District The district of Sion is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). It comprises the following municipalities: The blazon of the district coat of arms is "Per pale Argent two Mullets of Five Gules, and Gules." Sion has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (31,488 or 85.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,878 or 5.1%) and Portuguese is the third (1,029 or 2.8%). There are 915 people who speak Italian and 20 people who speak Romansh. ,
Burchard of Mount Sion Burchard of Mount Sion Frater Burchardus de Monte Sion or Burchard of Mount Sion in English and Burchard de Mont Sion in French also wrongly called Brocard or Bocard, was a German priest, Dominican friar, pilgrim and author probably from Magdeburg in northern Germany, who travelled to the Middle East at the end of the 13th century and wrote his book which under the title "Descriptio Terrae Sanctae" or "Description of the Holy Land" is of "extraordinary importance". It is the most detailed account of the Holy Land to have come down to us from the thirteenth century and is