Sion

E14340

municipality town

Sion is a historic Swiss town in the canton of Valais, known for its hilltop castles, vineyards, and role as a regional cultural and administrative center.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sion canonical	50
Sion old town	1
city of Sion	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality ⓘ town ⓘ
capitalOf	Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: canton of Valais
country	Switzerland ⓘ
economicActivity	public administration ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ wine industry ⓘ
hasFeature	historic churches ⓘ medieval streets ⓘ surrounding vineyards ⓘ
hasFunction	transport hub of central Valais ⓘ
hasInstitution	cantonal courts of Valais ⓘ Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: cantonal government of Valais cultural institutions ⓘ educational institutions ⓘ
hasLandmark	Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Glarier ⓘ Sion town hall ⓘ surface form: Old Town of Sion Place de la Planta ⓘ Sion archaeological museum ⓘ Sion town hall ⓘ Tourbillon Castle ⓘ Valais Art Museum ⓘ Valais History Museum ⓘ Valère Basilica ⓘ Valère Castle ⓘ
hasTransport	Sion Airport ⓘ Sion railway station ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic town ⓘ
knownFor	archaeological heritage ⓘ hilltop castles ⓘ historic old town ⓘ vineyards ⓘ wine production ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Rhône Valley ⓘ Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: canton of Valais Canton of Valais ⓘ surface form: southwestern Switzerland
locatedOn	left bank of the Rhône River ⓘ
near	Alps ⓘ
partOf	district of Sion ⓘ
role	cantonal capital ⓘ regional administrative center ⓘ regional cultural center ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ wine tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhône River → flowsThrough → Sion ⓘ

Romandy → majorCity → Sion ⓘ

2002 Winter Olympics → biddingCity → Sion ⓘ

Valais → capital → Sion ⓘ

Valais → hasMajorCity → Sion ⓘ

Swiss Plateau → contains → Sion ⓘ

Micheline Calmy-Rey → placeOfBirth → Sion ⓘ

Western Switzerland → majorCity → Sion ⓘ

Canton of Valais → capital → Sion ⓘ

Romandie → hasMajorCity → Sion ⓘ

Pennine Alps → nearestMajorTown → Sion ⓘ

Tourbillon Castle → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Tourbillon Castle → overlooks → Sion ⓘ

Tourbillon Castle → offersViewOf → Sion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sion old town

Sion town hall → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Valais History Museum → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Valais History Museum → city → Sion ⓘ

Valère Castle → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

VS → hasCapital → Sion ⓘ

Place de la Planta → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Place de la Planta → isCentralSquareOf → Sion ⓘ

Sion archaeological museum → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

cantonal courts of Valais → hasSeatIn → Sion ⓘ

subject surface form: Cantonal courts of Valais

Valère Basilica → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Valère Basilica → locatedAbove → Sion ⓘ

Brig-Glis → cantonCapitalProximity → Sion ⓘ

Sierre → locatedNear → Sion ⓘ

Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Glarier → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Valais Art Museum → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

4 Vallées ski area → mainAccessTown → Sion ⓘ

Sion Airport → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Sion Airport → cityServed → Sion ⓘ

Grand Council of Valais → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Grand Council of Valais → meetingPlace → Sion ⓘ

Council of State of Valais → headquartersLocation → Sion ⓘ

Council of State of Valais → seat → Sion ⓘ

Council of State of Valais → capitalOfJurisdiction → Sion ⓘ

Valais, Switzerland → capital → Sion ⓘ

subject surface form: Valais

Valais, Switzerland → largestCity → Sion ⓘ

subject surface form: Valais

Municipality of Sion → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Sion

Musée d’histoire du Valais → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion → seat → Sion ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion → primaryCity → Sion ⓘ

Château de Valère → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Château de Valère → overlooks → Sion ⓘ

Valère hill → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

Valère organ → locatedIn → Sion ⓘ

St-Maurice → cantonCapital → Sion ⓘ

Massongex → hasCantonCapital → Sion ⓘ

A9 → passesNear → Sion ⓘ