Sion District completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 4,922 or (13.3%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a "Fachhochschule"). Of the 4,922 who completed tertiary schooling, 56.8% were Swiss men, 30.7% were Swiss women, 7.0% were non-Swiss men and 5.6% were non-Swiss women. 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
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