Sierre

Summary

Sierre is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Sierre ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sierre is located in Sierre District^[3].
• Sierre is in the country of Switzerland^[4].
• Sierre is on the body of water Rhône^[5].
• Sierre's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6].
• Sierre's official language is recorded as French^[7].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Anniviers^[8].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Chalais^[9].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Chippis^[10].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Crans-Montana^[11].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Grône^[12].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Lens^[13].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Noble-Contrée^[14].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Saint-Léonard^[15].
• Sierre's shares border with is recorded as Salgesch^[16].
• Sierre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aubenas^[17].
• Sierre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cesenatico^[18].
• Sierre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Delfzijl^[19].
• Sierre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Schwarzenbek^[20].
• Sierre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zelzate^[21].
• Sierre's twinned administrative body is recorded as Saint-Étienne^[22].
• Sierre's postal code is recorded as 3960^[23].
• Sierre's Commons category is recorded as Sierre^[24].
• Sierre's licence plate code is recorded as VS^[25].
• Sierre's local dialing code is recorded as 027^[26].
• Sierre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.2918, 'lon': 7.532}^[27].

Body

Geography

Sierre is in the country of Switzerland^[4]. Sierre is located in Sierre District^[3]. Sierre is on the body of water Rhône^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1918'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.13'}^[29]. Sierre sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+533'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15945'}^[31], {'amount': '+16860'}^[32], {'amount': '+16790'}^[33], and {'amount': '+17829'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Sierre's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[6]. Sierre's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[35].

Why It Matters

Sierre ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).^[2] Sierre has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Sierre is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]