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District de Sion

Valais

District de Sion is one of 13 districts of the canton of Valais and comprises 5 municipalities with 52'364 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in District de Sion

district results as published by BFS
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
Mitte25.5% · strongest party
Mitte25.5%
SVP21.6%
SP19.5%
FDP15.5%
GRÜNE14.1%
GLP3.0%
PdA/Sol.0.7%
Sion
110 %
median of its municipalities
120 %
Arbaz
125 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 110 % % in Sion to 125 % % in Arbaz (median 120 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 14.3 % in Sion to 16.6 % in Veysonnaz (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.51 %
Dwellings
29'960
Avg. rooms
3.5
Built before 1946
11.3%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+895 +1.7%
births
415
deaths
417
net migration
+914
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
42'276
Workplaces
5'317
Services share
82.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 1'103 (2.6%) · Secondary 6'439 (15.2%) · Tertiary 34'734 (82.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
194
Organic share
10.3 %
Farmland
2'085 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
5 °C
Precipitation
1'342 mm
Elevation
477–3'175 m
Flat share
16.0%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
417 GWh
Electricity
26.6 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
115 min
Road to centre
79 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (26.55726.557 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to District de Sion?
District de Sion comprises 5 municipalities: Sion, Savièse, Grimisuat, Arbaz, Veysonnaz. Together they have 52'364 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is District de Sion in?
District de Sion lies in the canton of Valais, which is divided into 13 districts.
How many people live in District de Sion?
District de Sion has 52'364 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 5 municipalities; the largest is Sion with 37'844.
Does District de Sion have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In District de Sion the municipal rate ranges from 110 % (Sion) to 125 % (Arbaz).
How did District de Sion vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, District de Sion voted 53.5 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.