Sierre is the capital municipality of the district of Sierre, located in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
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12 Facts About Sierre
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Sierre is nicknamed City of the Sun for its average of 300 days of sunshine a year.
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Sierre is first mentioned about 800 as Sidrium, though a 12th-century document refers to the village being founded in 515.
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In 515 the estate at Sierre was given by the King of Burgundy Sigismund to the Abbey of Saint-Maurice to hold as a fief.
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The town of Plan-Sierre soon took over the leadership role in the Noble Contree.
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In 1559, Plan-Sierre divided into four-quarters Villa, Mondereche, La Salla and Glarey.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, Sierre became economically important as very early aluminium smelting is enabled by its access to hydroelectricity.
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Sierre is a starting point for the tourist sites of the Val d'Anniviers comprising the villages of Vercorin, Chandolin, St-Luc Vissoie, St-Jean Chandolin, Grimentz, Zinal and Ayer.
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Sierre is host to a local wine museum and of a museum dedicated to the memory of Rainer Maria Rilke who lived there until his death and is buried in the nearby town of Raron.
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In Sierre there were a total of 8 classes and 149 students in the primary school.
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Sierre is home to the Bibliotheque et Mediatheque Sierre library.
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HC Sierre plays in the Swiss League, the second tier of Swiss ice hockey, as Geneve-Servette HC's affiliate.
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