What is Salins, Switzerland?
{{Infobox Swiss town | subject_name = Salins | municipality_name = Salins | municipality_type = former | imagepath_coa = Salins.png|pixel_coa= | map = Karte Gemeinde Salins.png | languages = French | canton = Valais | iso-code-region = CH-VS | district = [[Sion (district)|Sion]] |coordinates={{coord|46|13|N|7|22|E|display=inline,title}} | postal_code = 1991 | municipality_code = 6264 | area = 4.1 | elevation = 842|elevation_description= | population = 960 | populationof = Dec 2012 | popofyear = 2012 | website = www.salins.ch | mayor = Nicolas Rossier |mayor_asof=|mayor_party= | mayor_title = |list_of_mayors = | places = | demonym = | neighboring_municipalities= [[Les Agettes]], [[Nendaz]], [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]], [[Veysonnaz]] | twintowns = }} '''Salins''' is a former [[municipality]] of the [[district]] of [[Sion (district)|Sion]] in the [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]] of [[Valais]] in [[Switzerland]]. <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ha4uAAAAYAAJ&dq=Salins%2C+Switzerland+history&pg=PA44|title=A Journey to Switzerland, and Pedestrian Tours in that Country: Including a Sketch of Its History, and of the Manners and Custorms of Its Inhabitants|last=Agassiz|first=Lewis|date=1833|publisher=Smith, Elder and Company|language=en}}</ref> On 1 January 2013, the former municipality of Salins merged into the municipality of [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]]. == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Commons category-inline|Salins, Switzerland}} {{Switzerland-stub}} [[Category:Former municipalities of Valais]] [[Category:Sion, Switzerland]]