List of cities in Switzerland

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). Since 2014, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) uses a new algorithm (called German: Statistische Städte 2012, or French: Villes statistiques 2012) to define whether a municipality can be called a town or not; it now also depends on its character. Currently, FSO considers 162 municipalities as towns/cities (German: Statistische Städte, French: Villes statistiques) in Switzerland. Further, some municipalities which would fulfill such a definition nevertheless prefer to understand themselves still as a village, or consequently refer to themselves just as municipalities (German: Gemeinde, French: commune, Italian: comune). The Swiss definition of a town differs from the definition of a municipality.^: 14–19

List of towns and cities

This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (German: Statistische Städte 2012, French: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic town rights (h) and/or market towns (m).^: 14–19

• Places in bold print are towns because of the FSO's definition and historic town/market rights.
• Places in italics are towns excluded by the FSO's definition, but places which have either historic town rights (h) or historic market rights (m).
• Places in normal print are towns according to the FSO's definition.
• Places that had lost historic town rights previously are identified with "-h".
• Cantonal capitals (German: Hauptort, French: chef-lieu, Italian: capoluogo) are underlined.

See also

• List of municipalities of Switzerland
• List of places in Switzerland
• List of postal codes of Switzerland

Notes

References

External links

1. Lists of cities in Europe
2. List of places in Switzerland
3. Lists of cities by country
4. List of metropolitan areas in Switzerland
5. Bern
6. List of Swiss people
7. List of airports in Switzerland
8. List of Olympic Games host cities
9. Switzerland
10. List of cities by GDP
11. List of cities with the most skyscrapers
12. List of twin towns and sister cities in Switzerland
13. Cantons of Switzerland
14. Zürich
15. List of cities proper by population density
16. List of countries whose capital is not their largest city
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18. List of municipalities in Indiana
19. Geneva
20. Postal codes in Switzerland and Liechtenstein