Sion (district)
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Sion District de Sion |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Valais
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| Capital | Sion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 125.6 km2 (48.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 45,932 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 5 |
The district of Sion is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 45,932 (as of 31 December 2015).
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 2015[update]) of 45,932. Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) 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[update], the gender distribution of the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population was made up of 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. There were 9,873 or 26.7% who were born in the same canton, while 3,986 or 10.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 7,258 or 19.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000[update], there were 15,728 people who were single and never married in the district. There were 17,375 married individuals, 2,099 widows or widowers and 1,791 individuals who are divorced.
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