Salins (French pronunciation: [salɛ̃] ⓘ) was a municipality in the district of Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

[2] Before the merger, Salins had a total area of 4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi).

[4] The former municipality is located in the Sion district, on the left bank of the Rhone river.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, between two Mullets [of Six] Or as many Garbs of the same in saltire.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (841 or 95.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (23 or 2.6%) and Italian is the third (7 or 0.8%).

[3] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][10] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 36.54% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 485 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 68.1%.

[12] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 469 votes were cast, of which 43 or about 9.2% were invalid.

[3] There were 418 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.9% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 167.

In the tertiary sector; 30 or 30.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 32 or 32.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 4 or 4.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 2.0% were in the information industry, 12 or 12.2% were technical professionals or scientists, 8 or 8.2% were in education.

[3] From the 2000 census[update], 757 or 85.7% were Roman Catholic, while 50 or 5.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.