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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3597,Lat: 46.2285
Elevation	506 meter above sea level
Local time	10:40:41am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Sion
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sion

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Salins	2 km	South
2 Les Agettes	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 St-Germain	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Baar	3.4 km	SouthWest
5 Vex	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	80 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	194 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	277 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 228 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de Tseuzier (0.8 km² at a height of around 1776 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Les Diablerets with a height of 3210 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 30.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 43 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 21%, low mountains: 36%, moderate high mountains: 34%, high mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Geneva Cointrin International Airport (at a distance of 97 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

25.9%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

19.7 km2

25.1%

Viticulture

15.2 km2

19.3%

Urban area

18.9 km2

24%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sion in country Switzerland

Sion at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	49 km	NorthWest
2 Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces	Switzerland	56 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	60 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sion
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sion

Type of weather in Sion	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam