District de Sion
ValaisDistrict 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.
Votes in District de Sion
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A 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)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (26.557–26.557 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of District de Sion rank
sum of its municipalities8 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
Map
swisstopo · OSM- 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.