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,
Burchard of Mount Sion in 1291. According to Jaroslav Folda the account is important not only because of its systematic and yet selective content, but also because of the extent of the "actualia" included in his discussion. 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