Sion (Switzerland)

46°14N 7°22E, pop (2000e) 26 500. Capital town of Valais canton, SW Switzerland, 80 km/50 mi S of Bern; bishopric since the 6th-c; railway; market town for wine, fruit, and vegetables of the Rhône valley; brewing; former cathedral (10th–13th-c), 17th-c town hall, Church of Notre-Dame (12th–13th-c), bishop's fortress (1294); Internal Music Festival (Jul–Aug).

Sion may refer to:

In geography:

Sion, Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Valais Sion, Gers, a municipality in France Sion, India, a suburb of Mumbai Sion, Netherlands, part of Rijswijk in South Holland Sion, Czech Republic, a castle in the Czech Republic, near Kutná Hora Saxon-Sion, a municipality in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France Sion-sur-l'Océan, a municipality in the Vendée department, France

In religion:

Bishop of Sion, the head of the Diocese of Sion in Switzerland Sion Abbey or Syon Abbey, a medieval monastery in Middlesex, England Priory of Sion, a society created in 1956 by Pierre Plantard, and later given a fictional prehistory wherein it was founded during the Crusades Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion, a Roman Catholic missionary organization created in 1843 to convert Jews and Muslims throughout Europe and Palestine Abbey of Sion, a medieval monastic order based in Jerusalem

Sion can also refer to:

Darth Sion, a character in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Sion Kölsch, a type of beer Sion (band), a band based in Andover, Hampshire, UK