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These are lists of cities in Switzerland. Municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants are considered to be "cities" (in German: Städte, in French: villes, in Italian: città). See Municipalities of Switzerland for a table of the largest and smallest.
[edit] Major agglomerations by population
- Zürich
- Geneva
- Basel
- Berne
- Lausanne
- Lucerne
- St. Gallen
- Winterthur
- Lugano
- Baden-Brugg
- Olten-Zofingen
- Biel/Bienne
[edit] List of cities
This is an alphabetical list of cities with a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants and places with historic city rights or market towns.
- Places in bold print are cities because of population and historic city rights.
- Places in italics are cities with a population below 10,000, either places with historic city rights or market towns. Market towns are identified with 1.
- Places in normal print are cities with a population of more than 10,000 only. Places that had lost historic city rights previously are identified with 2.
City |
District |
Canton |
Population |
Aarau |
Aarau |
Aargau |
15,200 |
Aarberg |
Aarberg |
Berne |
3,200 |
Aarburg |
Zofingen |
Aargau |
6,300 |
Adliswil |
Horgen |
Zurich |
15,600 |
Affoltern am Albis |
Affoltern |
Zurich |
10,100 |
Agno |
Lugano |
Ticino |
3,600 |
Aigle |
Aigle |
Vaud |
7,600 |
Allschwil |
Arlesheim |
Basel-Land |
18,200 |
Altdorf 1 |
- |
Uri |
8,600 |
Altstätten |
Rheintal |
St. Gallen |
10,400 |
Amriswil |
Bischofszell |
Thurgau |
11,200 |
Appenzell 1 |
Appenzell |
Appenzell |
5,500 |
Arbon |
Arbon |
Thurgau |
13,100 |
Ascona |
Locarno |
Ticino |
5,000 |
Aubonne |
Aubonne |
Vaud |
2,600 |
Avenches |
Avenches |
Vaud |
2,500 |
Baar |
- |
Zug |
19,700 |
Baden |
Baden |
Aargau |
16,300 |
Basel |
- |
Basel-City |
165,000 |
Bellinzona |
Bellinzona |
Ticino |
16,800 |
Berne |
Berne |
Berne |
122,700 |
Beromünster 1 |
Sursee |
Lucerne |
2,300 |
Biasca 1 |
Riviera |
Ticino |
5,800 |
Biel/Bienne |
Biel |
Berne |
49,300 |
Binningen |
Arlesheim |
Basel-Land |
14,200 |
Birsfelden |
Arlesheim |
Basel-Land |
10,300 |
Bischofszell |
Bischofszell |
Thurgau |
5,500 |
Boudry |
Boudry |
Neuchâtel |
5,000 |
Bourg-Saint-Pierre |
Entremont |
Valais |
200 |
Bremgarten |
Bremgarten |
Aargau |
5,700 |
Brig 1 |
Brig |
Valais |
5,000 |
Brugg |
Brugg |
Aargau |
9,200 |
Buchs |
Werdenberg |
St. Gallen |
10,200 |
Bulle |
Gruyère |
Fribourg |
11,600 |
Bülach |
Bülach |
Zurich |
14,231 |
Burgdorf |
Burgdorf |
Berne |
14,600 |
Carouge |
- |
Geneva |
18,100 |
Cham |
- |
Zug |
13,300 |
Châtel-Saint-Denis |
Veveyse |
Fribourg |
4,400 |
Chur |
Plessur |
Graubünden |
31,900 |
Conthey |
Conthey |
Valais |
6,500 |
Coppet |
Nyon |
Vaud |
2,400 |
Cossonay |
Cossonay |
Vaud |
2,600 |
Croglio |
Lugano |
Ticino |
800 |
Cudrefin |
Avenches |
Vaud |
800 |
Cully |
Lavaux |
Vaud |
1,700 |
Davos |
Prättigau/Davos |
Graubünden |
10,900 |
Delémont |
Delémont |
Jura |
11,400 |
Diessenhofen |
Diessenhofen |
Thurgau |
3,100 |
Dietikon |
Dietikon |
Zurich |
21,700 |
Dübendorf |
Uster |
Zurich |
22,500 |
Ebikon |
Lucerne |
Lucerne |
11,300 |
Echallens |
Echallens |
Vaud |
4,500 |
Eglisau |
Bülach |
Zurich |
3,100 |
Einsiedeln |
Einsiedeln |
Schwyz |
12,800 |
Elgg |
Winterthur |
Zurich |
3,600 |
Emmen |
Hochdorf |
Lucerne |
26,900 |
Erlach |
Erlach |
Berne |
1,100 |
Estavayer-le-Lac |
Broye |
Fribourg |
4,600 |
Frauenfeld |
Frauenfeld |
Thurgau |
22,000 |
Freienbach |
Höfe |
Schwyz |
13,800 |
Fribourg |
Sarine/Saane (district) |
Fribourg |
32,000 |
Geneva |
- |
Geneva |
177,500 |
Gland |
Nyon |
Vaud |
10,100 |
Glarus 1 |
- |
Glarus |
5,700 |
Gordola |
Locarno |
Ticino |
3,900 |
Gossau |
St. Gallen |
St. Gallen |
17,000 |
Grandcour |
Payerne |
Vaud |
700 |
Grandson |
Grandson |
Vaud |
2,700 |
Greifensee |
Uster |
Zurich |
5,200 |
Grenchen |
Lebern |
Solothurn |
16,000 |
Grüningen |
Hinwil |
Zurich |
2,800 |
Gruyères |
Gruyère |
Fribourg |
1,400 |
Herisau |
- |
Appenzell |
15,500 |
Hermance |
- |
Geneva |
800 |
Horgen |
Horgen |
Zurich |
17,600 |
Horw |
Lucerne |
Lucerne |
12,300 |
Huttwil |
Trachselwald |
Berne |
4,600 |
Ilanz |
Surselva |
Graubünden |
2,300 |
Illnau-Effretikon |
Pfäffikon |
Zurich |
14,900 |
Ittigen |
Berne |
Berne |
10,800 |
Jona 4 |
SeeGaster |
St. Gallen |
17,200 |
Kaiserstuhl |
Zurzach |
Aargau |
400 |
Klingnau |
Zurzach |
Aargau |
2,800 |
Kloten |
Bülach |
Zurich |
17,000 |
Köniz |
Berne |
Berne |
37,900 |
Kreuzlingen |
Kreuzlingen |
Thurgau |
16,900 |
Kriens |
Lucerne |
Lucerne |
25,100 |
Küsnacht |
Meilen |
Zurich |
12,600 |
Küssnacht |
Küssnacht |
Schwyz |
11,300 |
La Chaux-de-Fonds |
La Chaux-de-Fonds |
Neuchâtel |
36,900 |
La Neuveville |
La Neuveville |
Berne |
3,400 |
La Sarraz |
Cossnoay |
Vaud |
1,700 |
La Tour-de-Peilz |
Vevey |
Vaud |
10,400 |
La Tour-de-Trême |
Gruyère |
Fribourg |
3,300 |
Le Landeron |
Neuchâtel |
Neuchâtel |
4,300 |
Le Locle |
Le Locle |
Neuchâtel |
10,200 |
Les Clées |
Orbe |
Vaud |
150 |
Lachen 1 |
March |
Schwyz |
6,600 |
Lancy |
- |
Geneva |
26,100 |
Langenthal 1 |
Aarwangen |
Berne |
14,400 |
Laufen |
Laufen |
Basel Land |
5,000 |
Laufenburg |
Laufenburg |
Aargau |
1,900 |
Laupen |
Laupen |
Berne |
2,700 |
Lausanne |
Lausanne |
Vaud |
116,300 |
Lenzburg |
Lenzburg |
Aargau |
7,500 |
Leuk 1 |
Leuk |
Valais |
3,300 |
Lichtensteig |
Toggenburg |
St. Gallen |
1,800 |
Liestal |
Liestal |
Basel-Land |
12,600 |
Littau |
Lucerne |
Lucerne |
16,100 |
Locarno |
Locarno |
Ticino |
14,200 |
Losone |
Locarno |
Ticino |
6,000 |
Lugano |
Lugano |
Ticino |
26,000 |
Lutry |
Lavaux |
Vaud |
8,400 |
Lucerne |
Lucerne |
Lucerne |
57,300 |
Lyss |
Aarberg |
Berne |
10,800 |
Maienfeld |
Landquart |
Graubünden |
2,300 |
Martigny |
Martigny |
Valais |
14,000 |
Meilen |
Meilen |
Zurich |
11,500 |
Mellingen |
Baden |
Aargau |
4,300 |
Mendrisio |
Mendrisio |
Ticino |
6,100 |
Meyrin |
- |
Geneva |
19,300 |
Monthey 2 |
Monthey |
Valais |
14,900 |
Montreux |
Vevey |
Vaud |
22,500 |
Morcote |
Lugano |
Ticino |
700 |
Morges |
Morges |
Vaud |
13,800 |
Moudon |
Moudon |
Vaud |
4,200 |
Moutier 1 |
Moutier |
Berne |
7,700 |
Münchenstein 2 |
Arlesheim |
Basel-Land |
11,600 |
Münsingen |
Konolfingen |
Berne |
10,700 |
Muri |
Berne |
Berne |
12,300 |
Murten |
See |
Fribourg |
5,500 |
Muttenz |
Arlesheim |
Basel-Land |
16,700 |
Neuchâtel |
Neuchâtel |
Neuchâtel |
31,600 |
Neuhausen |
- |
Schaffhausen |
10,000 |
Neunkirch |
- |
Schaffhausen |
1,700 |
Nidau |
Nidau |
Berne |
6,700 |
Nyon |
Nyon |
Vaud |
16,300 |
Oftringen |
Zofingen |
Aargau |
10,200 |
Olten |
Olten |
Solothurn |
16,200 |
Onex |
- |
Geneva |
16,500 |
Opfikon |
Bülach |
Zurich |
12,400 |
Orbe |
Orbe |
Vaud |
5,000 |
Orsières 1 |
Entremont |
Valais |
2,700 |
Ostermundigen |
Berne |
Berne |
15,200 |
Payerne |
Payerne |
Vaud |
7,400 |
Porrentruy |
Porrentruy |
Jura |
6,600 |
Pratteln |
Liestal |
Basel-Land |
14,900 |
Prilly |
Lausanne |
Vaud |
10,700 |
Pully |
Lausanne |
Vaud |
16,100 |
Rapperswil |
See-Gaster |
St. Gallen |
7,500 |
Regensberg |
Dielsdorf |
Zurich |
400 |
Regensdorf |
Dielsdorf |
Zurich |
15,200 |
Reinach |
Arlesheim |
Basel-Land |
18,500 |
Renens |
Lausanne |
Vaud |
17,500 |
Rheinau |
Andelfingen |
Zurich |
1,300 |
Rheineck |
Rheintal |
St. Gallen |
3,200 |
Rheinfelden |
Rheinfelden |
Aargau |
10,700 |
Richterswil |
Horgen |
Zurich |
10,800 |
Riehen |
- |
Basel-Stadt |
11,000 |
Riva San Vitale |
Mendrisio |
Ticino |
2,300 |
Rolle |
Rolle |
Vaud |
4,200 |
Romainmôtier |
Orbe |
Vaud |
400 |
Romont |
Glane |
Fribourg |
3,800 |
Rorschach 1 |
Rorschach |
St. Gallen |
8,600 |
Rue |
Glane |
Fribourg |
900 |
Rüti |
Hinwil |
Zurich |
11,000 |
Saillon |
Martigny |
Valais |
1,500 |
Saint-Maurice |
Saint-Maurice |
Valais |
3,600 |
Saint-Prex |
Morges |
Vaud |
4,200 |
Saint-Ursanne |
Porrentruy |
Jura |
700 |
Sala |
Lugano |
Ticino |
2,300 |
St. Gallen |
St. Gallen |
St. Gallen |
70,000 |
Sargans |
Sarganserland |
St. Gallen |
4,800 |
Sarnen 1 |
- |
Obwalden |
9,300 |
Schaffhausen |
- |
Schaffhausen |
33,700 |
Schlieren |
Dietikon |
Zurich |
13,200 |
Schwyz 1 |
Schwyz |
Schwyz |
14,000 |
Sembrancher |
Entremont |
Valais |
700 |
Sempach |
Sursee |
Lucerne |
3,600 |
Sierre |
Sierre |
Valais |
14,300 |
Sion |
Sion |
Valais |
27,600 |
Solothurn |
Solothurn |
Solothurn |
15,100 |
Spiez 2 |
Niedersimmental |
Berne |
12,000 |
Spreitenbach |
Baden |
Aargau |
10,000 |
Splügen 1 |
Hinterrhein |
Graubünden |
400 |
Stäfa |
Meilen |
Zurich |
12,000 |
Stans 1 |
- |
Nidwalden |
7,300 |
Steckborn |
Steckborn |
Thuregau |
3,200 |
Steffisburg |
Thun |
Berne |
14,600 |
Stein am Rhein |
- |
Schaffhausen |
3,000 |
Sursee |
Sursee |
Lucerne |
8,000 |
Thalwil |
Horgen |
Zurich |
15,900 |
Thônex |
- |
Geneva |
12,800 |
Thun |
Thun |
Berne |
40,000 |
Thusis 1 |
Hinterrhein |
Graubünden |
2,500 |
Unterseen |
Interlaken |
Berne |
5,100 |
Uznach |
See-Gaster |
St. Gallen |
5,400 |
Uster |
Uster |
Zurich |
28,700 |
Uzwil |
Wil |
St. Gallen |
12,000 |
Valangin |
Val-de-Ruz |
Neuchâtel |
400 |
Vernier |
- |
Geneva |
29,400 |
Versoix |
- |
Geneva |
11,100 |
Vevey |
Vevey |
Vaud |
15,700 |
Villeneuve |
Aigle |
Vaud |
4,100 |
Visp 1 |
Visp |
Valais |
6,500 |
Volketswil |
Uster |
Zurich |
14,300 |
Wädenswil |
Horgen |
Zurich |
19,300 |
Waldenburg |
Waldenburg |
Basel Land |
1,200 |
Walenstadt |
Sarganserland |
St. Gallen |
4,600 |
Wallisellen |
Bülach |
Zurich |
12,000 |
Wangen an der Aare |
Wangen |
Berne |
1,900 |
Werdenberg |
Werdenberg |
St. Gallen |
90 |
Wettingen |
Baden |
Aargau |
18,100 |
Wetzikon |
Hinwil |
Zurich |
18,700 |
Wiedlisbach |
Wangen |
Berne |
2,200 |
Wil |
Wil |
St. Gallen |
16,600 |
Willisau |
Willisau |
Lucerne |
7,100 |
Winterthur |
Winterthur |
Zurich |
90,100 |
Wohlen |
Bremgarten |
Aargau |
13,700 |
Worb |
Konolfingen |
Berne |
11,000 |
Yverdon-les-Bains |
Yverdon |
Vaud |
23,400 |
Zofingen |
Zofingen |
Aargau |
10,349 |
Zollikon |
Meilen |
Zurich |
11,900 |
Zug |
- |
Zug |
23,200 |
Zurich |
Zurich |
Zurich |
366,445 |
Zurzach 1 |
Zurzach |
Aargau |
3,900 |
[edit] 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[1] |
16,500 |
|
L'Abbaye |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Aigle |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Alpnach |
OW |
de |
5,100 |
|
Appenzell |
AI |
de |
5,200 |
|
Apples |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Arni |
AG |
de |
1,500 |
|
Aubonne |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Bad Ragaz |
SG |
de |
|
|
Baden |
AG |
de |
16,000 |
|
Ballens |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Basel |
BS |
de |
166,300 |
fr:Bâle, it:Basilea, es:Basilea |
Beckenried |
NW |
de |
2,900 |
|
Belmont-sur-Lausanne |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Bern |
BE |
de |
136,300 |
de:Bern, fr:Bern, it:Berna, es:Berna |
Berolle |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Bex |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Biel/Bienne |
BE |
de, fr |
51,900 |
de: Biel, fr: Bienne |
Bière |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Bougy-Villars |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Bühler |
AR |
de |
1,600 |
|
Buochs |
NW |
de |
5,200 |
|
Cham |
ZG |
de |
|
|
Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Chessel |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Chexbres |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Chur |
GR |
de |
32,900 |
it: Coira, rm: Cuira, fr: Coire |
Corbeyrier |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Crissier |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Cunter |
GR |
de, rm |
|
de: Conters |
Dallenwil |
NW |
de |
1,700 |
|
Davos |
GR |
de |
11,000 |
rm: Tavau |
Düdingen |
FR |
de |
7,000 |
fr: Guin |
Egg |
ZH |
de |
7,800 |
|
Emmetten |
NW |
de |
1,200 |
|
Engelberg |
OW |
de |
3,600 |
|
Ennetbürgen |
NW |
de |
4,000 |
|
Ennetmoos |
NW |
de |
2,000 |
|
Epalinges |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Erlenbach |
ZH |
de |
4,500 |
|
Esslingen |
ZH |
de |
1,560 |
|
Etoy |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Féchy |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Feldbach |
ZH |
de |
|
|
Fribourg |
FR |
fr, de |
36,400 |
de:Freiburg, it:Friburgo, es:Friburgo |
Gais |
AR |
de |
2,800 |
|
Geneva |
GE |
fr |
171,000 |
fr:Genève, it:Ginevra, de:Genf, es:Ginebra |
Gimel |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Giswil |
OW |
de |
3,400 |
|
Gonten |
AI |
de |
|
|
Grub |
AR |
de |
1,000 |
|
Gryon |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Habsburg |
AG |
de |
368 |
|
Heiden |
AR |
de |
4,000 |
|
Hergiswil |
NW |
de |
5,300 |
|
Herisau |
AR |
de |
15,600 |
|
Hundwil |
AR |
de |
1,000 |
|
Interlaken |
BE |
de |
5,200 |
|
Jouxtens-Mézery |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Kerns |
OW |
de |
5,300 |
|
Lausanne |
VD |
fr |
128,100 |
de:Lausanne it:Losanna, es:Lausana |
Lauterbrunnen |
BE |
de |
|
|
Lavey-Morcles |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Le Chenit |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Leysin |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Le Chenit |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Locarno |
TI |
it |
|
|
Longirod |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Lucerne |
LU |
de |
61,000 |
de: Luzern, fr: Lucerne, it: Lucerna |
Lugano |
TI |
it |
52,000 |
|
Lungern |
OW |
de |
2,000 |
|
Lutzenberg |
AR |
de |
1,200 |
|
Männedorf |
ZH |
de |
9,235 |
|
Meilen |
ZH |
de |
11,500 |
|
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Montreux |
VD |
fr |
22,900 |
|
Neuchâtel |
NE |
fr |
31,571 |
de: Neuenburg |
Noville |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Oberdorf |
NW |
de |
3,000 |
|
Oberegg |
AI |
de |
|
|
Ollon |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Ormont-Dessous |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Ormont-Dessus |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Paudex |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Prilly |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Pully |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Rapperswil |
SG |
de |
7,750 |
|
Rehetobel |
AR |
de |
1,700 |
|
Reichenau |
GR |
de |
|
|
Renens |
VD |
fr |
18,000 |
|
Rennaz |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Reute |
AR |
de |
670 |
|
Roche |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Rolle |
VD |
fr |
4,148 |
|
Romanel-sur-Lausanne |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Rüte |
AI |
de |
|
|
Sachseln |
OW |
de |
4,400 |
|
Sarnen |
OW |
de |
9,400 |
|
Schaffhausen |
SH |
de |
34,200 |
it: Sciaffusa |
Schlatt-Haslen |
AI |
de |
|
|
Schleinikon |
ZH |
de |
664 |
|
Schönengrund |
AR |
de |
470 |
|
Schwellbrunn |
AR |
de |
1,500 |
|
Schwyz |
SZ |
de |
|
it: Svitto |
Schwende |
AI |
de |
|
|
Sion |
VS |
fr |
27,200 |
de: Sitten |
Solothurn |
SO |
de |
15,300 |
fr: Soleure, it: Soletta |
Speicher |
AR |
de |
4,000 |
|
St. Gallen |
SG |
de |
75,200 |
fr: St-Gall, it: San Gallo |
St. Moritz |
GR |
de, rm |
5,600 |
rm: San Murrezan |
Stans |
NW |
de |
7,300 |
|
Stansstad |
NW |
de |
4,500 |
|
Stein |
AR |
de |
1,400 |
|
Teufen |
AR |
de |
5,600 |
|
Thal |
SG |
de |
5,000 |
|
Thalwil |
ZH |
de |
16,000 |
|
Thun |
BE |
de |
38,200 |
|
Trogen |
AR |
de |
1,900 |
|
Urnäsch |
AR |
de |
2,300 |
|
Uzwil |
SG |
de |
12,100 |
|
Vevey |
VD |
fr |
15,500 |
|
Villeneuve |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Wald |
AR |
de |
900 |
|
Waldstatt |
AR |
de |
1,700 |
|
Walzenhausen |
AR |
de |
2,100 |
|
Weiach |
ZH |
de |
1,014 |
|
Wildhaus |
SG |
de |
1,258 |
|
Winterthur |
ZH |
de |
87,000 |
|
Wolfenschiessen |
NW |
de |
2,000 |
|
Wolfhalden |
AR |
de |
1,700 |
|
Yvorne |
VD |
fr |
|
|
Zug |
ZG |
de |
21,700 |
fr: Zoug, it: Zugo |
Zürich |
ZH |
de |
365,000 |
de:Zürich, it:Zurigo, es:Zúrich |
- ^ Languages de: German, fr: French, it: Italian, rm: Romansh
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