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Swiss municipality rankings
Every municipality ranking grouped by theme — each with the national top 20 and links to the full list and all 26 cantons. Every figure comes from official sources and is year-stamped.
Voter turnoutRüdlingen 81.7%Against SwitzerlandUnteriberg 45%Aligned with SwitzerlandHerzogenbuchsee 99%SVP strongholdsEderswiler 93.5%SP strongholdsFontenais 46.3%Centre strongholdsGonten 91.8%FDP strongholdsRossenges 60.5%GLP strongholdsVaux-sur-Morges 21.9%Green strongholdsSchelten 36.6%
Theme page →Cantons compared
The 26 cantons aggregated from all municipality data, sorted by population.
Cantons compared
BFS + swisstopo| Rank | Canton | Residents | Density /km² | Foreign % | 0–19 yrs % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zurich (ZH) | 1'632'918 | 981 | 29.2% | 19.6% |
| 2 | Bern (BE) | 1'069'074 | 184 | 18.5% | 19% |
| 3 | Vaud (VD) | 863'650 | 269 | 34.3% | 21.5% |
| 4 | Aargau (AG) | 742'066 | 529 | 28.2% | 20.2% |
| 5 | St. Gallen (SG) | 544'040 | 275 | 27.2% | 20.4% |
| 6 | Geneva (GE) | 537'084 | 1'901 | 41.9% | 20.9% |
| 7 | Lucerne (LU) | 441'500 | 296 | 21.9% | 20.1% |
| 8 | Valais (VS) | 376'113 | 72 | 26.5% | 19% |
| 9 | Ticino (TI) | 359'783 | 128 | 29.8% | 17.2% |
| 10 | Fribourg (FR) | 348'751 | 209 | 25.9% | 21.6% |
| 11 | Basel-Landschaft (BL) | 303'872 | 587 | 25.9% | 19.3% |
| 12 | Thurgau (TG) | 302'806 | 351 | 27.9% | 20.3% |
| 13 | Solothurn (SO) | 289'872 | 367 | 26% | 19.3% |
| 14 | Grisons (GR) | 207'400 | 29 | 21.2% | 17.2% |
| 15 | Basel-City (BS) | 204'157 | 5'525 | 39.2% | 17.7% |
| 16 | Neuchâtel (NE) | 180'365 | 251 | 27.3% | 20% |
| 17 | Schwyz (SZ) | 170'072 | 187 | 24.3% | 18.9% |
| 18 | Zug (ZG) | 135'018 | 566 | 30.6% | 20% |
| 19 | Schaffhausen (SH) | 90'087 | 302 | 29.5% | 19% |
| 20 | Jura (JU) | 75'178 | 88 | 16.5% | 19.9% |
| 21 | Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR) | 57'221 | 236 | 18.2% | 20.6% |
| 22 | Nidwalden (NW) | 45'664 | 166 | 18.1% | 17.8% |
| 23 | Glarus (GL) | 42'451 | 62 | 26.9% | 19.3% |
| 24 | Obwalden (OW) | 39'879 | 81 | 17.4% | 19.4% |
| 25 | Uri (UR) | 38'581 | 36 | 15.8% | 19.5% |
| 26 | Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI) | 16'890 | 98 | 13% | 20.4% |
Localities spanning several municipalities
Localities (postal towns) that span several political municipalities — by number of municipalities.
| Rank | Locality | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urnäsch | 7 |
| 2 | Luzern | 6 |
| 3 | Schangnau | 6 |
| 4 | Schüpfheim | 6 |
| 5 | Wolhusen | 6 |
| 6 | Biel/Bienne | 5 |
| 7 | Eriswil | 5 |
| 8 | Frauenfeld | 5 |
| 9 | Genève | 5 |
| 10 | Inwil | 5 |
| 11 | Lignières | 5 |
| 12 | Mümliswil | 5 |
| 13 | Salgesch | 5 |
| 14 | Solothurn | 5 |
| 15 | St. Gallen | 5 |
| 16 | Süderen | 5 |
| 17 | Wittenbach | 5 |
| 18 | Wolfhalden | 5 |
| 19 | Zürich | 5 |
| 20 | Affoltern im Emmental | 4 |