Sion District

The district of Sion is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 48,447 (as of 31 December 2020). It comprises the following municipalities: The blazon of the district coat of arms is Per pale Argent two Mullets of Five Gules, and Gules. Sion has a population (as of December 2020) of 48,447. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (31,488 or 85.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,878 or 5.1%) and Portuguese is the third (1,029 or 2.8%). There are 915 people who speak Italian and 20 people who speak Romansh. As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population comprised 15,250 Swiss men (36.8% of the population) and 4,787 (11.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 16,910 Swiss women (40.8%) and 4,537 (10.9%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the district 14,700 or about 39.7% were born in Sion and lived there in 2000.