Sierre

Sierre is the capital of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 16,332.

Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun 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, few kilometres after the town. A German-speaking minority lives in Sierre, as it counts around 8% of the population.