Sion (German Sitten, Latin Sedunum) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. As of December 2010 it had a population of 30,363.
Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use and which serves as a base for countless life-saving air rescue missions. FC Sion is the local football team. They currently compete in the Swiss Super League.
Sion is one of the most important pre...
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Sion (German Sitten, Latin Sedunum) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. As of December 2010 it had a population of 30,363.
Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use and which serves as a base for countless life-saving air rescue missions. FC Sion is the local football team. They currently compete in the Swiss Super League.
Sion is one of the most important pre-historic sites in Europe. The alluvial fan of Sionne, the rocky slopes above the river and, to a lesser extent, Valeria and Tourbillon hills have been settled nearly continuously since antiquity. The oldest trace of human settlement comes from 6200 BC during the late Mesolithic. Around 5800 BC early Neolithic farmers from the Mediterranean settled in Sion. The settlements remained small until about 4500 BC, during the middle Neolithic, when the number of settlements increased sharply. To support the population increase, farming and grazing...
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