Regions in Switzerland
Please click on a region name for more information on this region.
You can sort the regions in Switzerland alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Switzerland
There are 26 regions in Switzerland in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Zurich Kanton Zürich | 1. | 1,553,423 | Zurich Zürich | 341,730 |
Bern Canton de Berne | 2. | 1,043,132 | Bern Bern | 121,631 |
Vaud Canton de Vaud | 3. | 822,968 | Lausanne Lausanne | 139,111 |
Aargau Kanton Aargau | 4. | 694,072 | Aarau Aarau | 15,501 |
Saint Gallen Kanton St. Gallen | 5. | 514,504 | Sankt Gallen Sankt Gallen | 70,572 |
Geneva Canton de Genève | 6. | 506,343 | Geneve Genève | 183,981 |
Lucerne Kanton Luzern | 7. | 416,347 | Luzern Luzern | 81,691 |
Ticino Cantone Ticino | 8. | 350,986 | Bellinzona Bellinzona | 16,572 |
Valais Canton du Valais | 9. | 348,503 | Sitten Sitten | 28,045 |
Fribourg Canton de Fribourg | 10. | 325,496 | Fribourg Fribourg | 32,827 |
Basel-Landschaft Kanton Basel-Landschaft | 11. | 292,955 | Liestal Liestal | 12,832 |
Thurgau Kanton Thurgau | 12. | 282,909 | Frauenfeld Frauenfeld | 21,979 |
Solothurn Kanton Solothurn | 13. | 250,155 | Solothurn Solothurn | 14,853 |
Basel-City Kanton Basel-Stadt | 14. | 201,156 | Basel Basel | 164,488 |
Grisons Kanton Graubünden | 15. | 200,096 | Chur Chur | 32,429 |
Neuchatel Canton de Neuchâtel | 16. | 175,894 | Neuchatel Neuchâtel | 31,270 |
Schwyz Kanton Schwyz | 17. | 163,689 | Schwyz Schwyz | 14,177 |
Zug Kanton Zug | 18. | 128,794 | Zug Zug | 23,435 |
Schaffhausen Kanton Schaffhausen | 19. | 83,107 | Schaffhausen Schaffhausen | 33,863 |
Jura Canton de Jura | 20. | 73,709 | Delemont Delémont | 11,315 |
Appenzell Ausserrhoden Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 21. | 55,309 | Herisau Herisau | 15,438 |
Glarus Kanton Glarus | 22. | 40,851 | Glarus Glarus | 5,681 |
Nidwalden Kanton Nidwalden | 23. | 40,794 | Stans Stans | 7,475 |
Obwalden Kanton Obwalden | 24. | 38,108 | Sarnen Sarnen | 9,410 |
Uri Kanton Uri | 25. | 36,819 | Altdorf Altdorf | 8,678 |
Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden | 26. | 16,293 | Appenzell Appenzell | 5,649 |