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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).
This is a list of NUTS2 statistical regions of Switzerland by Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2022. In the same year the Zurich Region had the highest HDI score out of 1790 sub-national regions of the world.
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]
The population of Switzerland 1970–2005. Data from Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2005; number of inhabitants in thousands. Population pyramid of Switzerland in 2021 by citizenship. Unlike many other OECD countries, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office does not collect any data on racial identity or ethnic identity. [28]
Since 2010, for the Structural Survey 200,000 people (or 2.5 % of population) are surveyed in writing each year. Cantons and cities can enlarge the sample for their area. The survey provides additional statistical information (about language and religion) on the structure of the population and thus complements the information in the registers.
The plateau occupies about one third of the land area of Switzerland, and about two thirds of the population live in this area. The population density on the plateau averages about 450 people per km 2 (1,166 per square mile). [7] In the regions around Lake Geneva, Lake Zurich and other cities, the population density exceeds 1000 people per km 2 ...
This is an alphabetical list of the 2,131 municipalities of Switzerland, updated (as of January 2024). [1] ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view; Search.
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 ...