Saillon (French pronunciation: [sajɔ̃]) is a municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[3] Saillon has an area, as of 2009[update], of 13.7 square kilometers (5.3 sq mi).

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Tower Sable.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,365 or 89.9%) as their first language, Portuguese is the second most common (85 or 5.6%) and German is the third (28 or 1.8%).

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] The Fortifications and Bayard Tower are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance.

The entire town of Saillon is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

[13] Saillon is twinned with [14] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 42.17% of the vote.

[16] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 704 votes were cast, of which 37 or about 5.3% were invalid.

[8] There were 777 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 60 or 23.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 2.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 45 or 17.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 6 or 2.4% were in the information industry, 4 or 1.6% were the insurance or financial industry, 4 or 1.6% were technical professionals or scientists, and 31 or 12.4% were in health care.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 1,267 or 83.4% were Roman Catholic, while 88 or 5.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The library has (as of 2008[update]) 8,928 books or other media, and loaned out 8,093 items in the same year.

It was open a total of 147 days with average of 6 hours per week during that year.