Cities in Switzerland

Table of contents
1 Major cities by population
2 Major agglomerations by population
3 Cities, towns, and villages
4 External link

Major cities by population

City Canton Population
Zürich ZH 365000
Geneva GE 171000
Basel BS 166300
Bern BE 136300
Lausanne VD 128100
Winterthur ZH 87000
St. Gallen SG 75200
Lucerne LU 61000
Biel/Bienne BE 51900
Thun BE 38200

Municipalities with more than 10'000 are inhabitants are considered to be Städte or villes (cities).

See also: List of cities of Switzerland (in German)

Major agglomerations by population

  1. Zürich
  2. Geneva
  3. Basel
  4. Bern

Cities, towns, and villages

This list includes municipalities as well as other places with articles (or stubs).

City Canton Local
language
Population Names in other languages

Aarau AG de 16500
Alpnach OW de 5100
Appenzell AIde5200
Bad Ragaz SG de
Baden AG de 16000
Basel BS de 166300 fr: Bâle, it:Basilea
Beckenried NW de 2900
Bern BE de 136300 de: Bern, fr: Bern
Biel/Bienne BE de, fr 51900 de: Biel, fr: Bienne
Bühler AR de 1600
Buochs NW de 5200
Chur GR de 32900 it: Coira, rm: Cuira, fr: Coire
Cunter GR de, rm de: Conters
Dallenwil NW de 1700
Davos GR de 11'000 rm: Tavau
Egg ZH de 7800
Emmetten NW de 1200
Engelberg OW de 3600
Ennetbürgen NW de 4000
Ennetmoos NW de 2000
Erlenbach ZH de 4500
Esslingen ZH de 1560
Fribourg FR fr, de 36400 de: Freiburg
Gais AR de 2800
Geneva GE fr 171000 fr: Genève, it: Ginevra, de: Genf
Giswil OW de 3400
Gonten AIde
Grub AR de 1000
Habsburg AG de 368
Heiden AR de 4000
Hergiswil NW de 5300
Herisau AR de 15600
Hundwil AR de 1000
Interlaken BE de 5200
Kerns OW de 5300
Lausanne VD fr 128100
Lauterbrunnen BE de
Locarno TI it
Lucerne LU de 61000 de: Luzern, fr: Lucerne
Lugano TI it
Lungern OW de 2000
Lutzenberg AR de 1200
Männedorf ZH de 9235
Meilen ZH de 11500
Montreux VD fr 22900
Oberdorf NW de 3000
Oberegg AIde
Rapperswil SG de 7750
Rehetobel AR de 1700
Reichenau GR de
Renens VD fr 18000
Reute AR de 670
Rolle VD fr 4148
Rüte AIde
Sachseln OW de 4400
Sarnen OW de 9400
Schaffhausen SH de 34200
Schönengrund AR de 470
Schwellbrunn AR de 1500
Solothurn SO de 15300 fr: Soleure
Speicher AR de 4000
St. Gallen SG de 75200 fr: St-Gall
St. Moritz GR de, rm 5600 rm: San Murrezan
Stans NW de 7300
Stansstad NW de 4500
Stein AR de 1400
Schlatt-Haslen AIde
Schwende AIde
Teufen AR de 5600
Thun BE de 38200
Trogen AR de 1900
Urnäsch AR de 2300
Wald AR de 900
Waldstadt AR de 1700
Walzenhausen AR de 2100
Weiach ZH de 1014
Winterthur ZH de 87000
Wolfenschiessen NW de 2000
Wolfhalden AR de 1700
Zug ZG de 21700 fr: Zoug, it: Zugo
Zürich ZH de 365000 de: Zürich, it: Zurigo

See also:

  • List of municipalities with population (in German)
  • List of municipalities with population (in French)
  • List of municipalities by canton and district, partial (in French)
  • List of municipalities with less than 100 inhabitants (in German)
  • List of municipalities with more than 10'000 inhabitants (in German)

External link

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