Sierre
town in Valais, Switzerland
Sierre is the capital of the Sierre district in the Valais canton in Switzerland.
Sierre | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 46°18′N 7°32′E / 46.300°N 7.533°E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Valais |
District | Sierre |
Government | |
• Mayor | Manfred Stucky (CVP/PDC) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,918 km2 (741 sq mi) |
Elevation | 533 m (1,749 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 16,790 |
• Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 3960 |
SFOS number | 6248 |
Surrounded by | Chalais, Chandolin, Chermignon, Chippis, Grône, Lens, Montana, Randogne, Saint-Léonard, Saint-Luc, Salgesch, Venthône, Veyras |
Twin towns | Aubenas (France), Cesenatico (Italy), Delfzijl (Netherlands), Schwarzenbeck (Germany), Zelzate (Belgium) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
It has a population of 14,355. It is at the language border of the German-speaking upper part of the "Wallis" and the French-speaking "Valais". This city counts as one of the three official bilingual towns in Switzerland. Sierre is starting point for the tourist sites of the Val d'Anniviers including the villages of Vercorin, Chandolin, St-Luc Vissoie, St-Jean Chandolin, Grimentz, Zinal and Ayer. Sierre is connected with Crans-Montana by a cable car.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Sierre became economically important as very early aluminium smelting was possible because of its access to hydroelectricity.
References
Other websites
Media related to Sierre at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in French)
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchModule:Track gauge/dataSOLID (object-oriented design)Wikipedia:AboutHelp:ContentsHelp:IntroductionSpecial:RecentChangesPornhubBlackAdolf Hitler UunonaFile:ASCII-Table-wide.svgList of constituencies of the Lok SabhaList of U.S. states and territories by time zoneSchrödinger's catList of U.S. states by date of admission to the UnionFile:Sexual intercourse with internal ejaculation.webmHeera MandiList of people who have walked on the MoonDavid24-hour clockModule:Emoji/dataLawrence WongCristiano RonaldoPeriodic tableList of countries by areaUnited StatesCategory:2000s American music groupsList of U.S. statesBismillahir Rahmanir RaheemList of fruitsQueen (band)Special:MyTalkXXXTentacionWikipedia:Contact usHelp:Authority controlWikipedia:Simple talkList of countries by continentsWikipedia:Simple start