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This is an alphabetical list of the 2,131 municipalities of Switzerland, updated (as of January 2024). [1] Municipalities of Switzerland Municipality Canton ...
Population of towns (2022) Below is a list of towns and cities in Switzerland.Until 2014 municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants were considered to be towns (German: Stadt/Städte, French: ville(s), Italian: città).
Schweinshaxe (German pronunciation: [ˈʃvaɪnshaksə] ⓘ; literally "swine's hock"), in German cuisine, is a roasted ham hock (or pork knuckle). [1] The ham hock is the end of the pig's leg, just above the ankle and below the meaty ham portion.
Switzerland has a relatively high number of small municipalities, with a population of 1,000 or less, especially in rural areas. Because of the increasing difficulty in providing professional government services and in finding volunteers for political offices in small municipalities, the cantons tend to encourage voluntary mergers of ...
Swiss Life: Financials Life insurance Zürich: 1857 Life insurance P A Swiss National Bank: Financials Banks Bern: 1906 Central bank S A Swiss Post: Industrials Delivery services Bern: 1849 Postal services S A Swiss Private Aviation: Consumer services Airlines Kloten: 1984 Aviation services, part of Swiss International Air Lines: P D Swiss Re ...
Switzerland has a large economy and highly skilled labor force. Fifteen Swiss companies are included on Fortune's "Global 500" list (in 2011). As of 2018 the largest non-financial companies in terms of annual revenue were Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura, with Nestlé as the largest employer.
In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 21,338. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 245, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 4,830 of which 1,976 or (40.9%) were in manufacturing, 51 or (1.1%) were in mining and 2,323 (48.1%) were in construction.
Zug is a low tax region and is headquarters for a number of multinational enterprises. The Expat City Ranking in 2019, based on a study of more than 20,000 respondents, rated the quality of life in Zug highest among all cities in the survey. [5] The town's best-known agricultural product is Kirsch.