Sierre

Sierre is the capital of the Sierre district in the Valais canton in Switzerland.

Sierre seen from Crans-Montana.

Sierre
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Sierre
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Coordinates: 46°18′N 7°32′E
Country	Switzerland
Canton	Valais
District	Sierre
Government
• Mayor	Manfred Stucky (CVP/PDC)
Area [1]
• 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.sierre.ch 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.