[1] It comprises the following municipalities: The blazon of the district coat of arms is Gules, a Sun Or.

[1] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (32,090 or 80.2%) as their first language, German is the second most common (3,240 or 8.1%) and Italian is the third (1,522 or 3.8%).

[4] The historical population is given in the following chart:[6] On 1 January 2009 the municipalities of Val d'Anniviers (Ayer, Chandolin, Grimentz, Saint-Jean, Saint-Luc and Vissoie) merged to form Anniviers.

[12] In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 16,401 votes were cast, of which 1,251 or about 7.6% were invalid.

[13] From the 2000 census[update], 31,439 or 78.6% were Roman Catholic, while 2,146 or 5.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The wettest month is December during which time Sierre receives an average of 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain or snow.

The month with the most days of precipitation is August, with an average of 8.4, but with only 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain or snow.

The driest month of the year is September with an average of 37 mm (1.5 in) of precipitation over 5.7 days.