Canton
Valais (VS)
The Canton of Valais is located in south-western Switzerland, and its capital is Sion. The canton covers a surface of 5224 km² and has a population of 317,022 (status: December 2011; wikipedia.org).
Capital: Sion
Sion is located in Lower Valais, has 30,717 inhabitants and spreads over a surface of 29.7 km² (status: December 2011; wikipedia.org). Although Sion was previously a city with two languages, today French is the main language.