Sierre (French pronunciation: [sjɛʁ]; German: Siders [zidɐs]; Arpitan: Siérro [ˈʃiʁo] ) is the capital municipality of the district of Sierre, located in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It has a population of 16,332.
Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun (French: Cité du Soleil) for its average of 300 days of sunshine a year.
It is the last official French-speaking city in Valais before the French–German language border of the canton located at the forêt de Finges, a few kilometres after the town. A German-speaking minority lives in Sierre, counting for around 8% of the population.
Distance between:
Geneva to Sierre67 Miles / 108 Kms Lucerne to Sierre65 Miles / 104 Kms Zürich to Sierre89 Miles / 143 Kms Basel to Sierre88 Miles / 141 Kms Bern to Sierre43 Miles / 70 Kms Lausanne to Sierre45 Miles / 72 Kms