Sion, Switzerland contrast, the rate of violations of immigration, visa and work permit laws was 0.9 per thousand residents, which is only 18.4% of the rate for the entire country. People associated with Sion include: Sion is twinned with: Sion, Switzerland Sion (; ; ; ) is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion. it had a population of (known as "Sédunois(e)"). On 17 January 1968, the former municipality of Bramois merged into the municipality of Sion. On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Salins merged into the municipality
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,