List of Cities
This is an alphabetical list of cities with a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants and places with historic city rights or market towns.
- Places in bold print are cities because of population and historic city rights.
- Places in italics are cities with a population below 10,000, either places with historic city rights or market towns. Market towns are identified with 1.
- Places in normal print are cities with a population of more than 10,000 only. Places that had lost historic city rights previously are identified with ².
City | District | Canton | Population | Population (with surroundings) | Agglomeration |
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Aarau | Aarau | Aargau | 15,200 | - | |
Aarberg | Aarberg | Bern | 3,200 | - | |
Aarburg | Zofingen | Aargau | 6,300 | - | |
Adliswil | Horgen | Zurich | 15,600 | - | |
Affoltern am Albis | Affoltern | Zurich | 10,100 | - | |
Agno | Lugano | Ticino | 3,600 | - | |
Aigle | Aigle | Vaud | 7,600 | - | |
Allschwil | Arlesheim | Basel-Country | 18,200 | - | |
Altdorf 1 | - | Uri | 8,600 | - | |
Altstätten | Rheintal | St. Gallen | 10,400 | - | |
Amriswil | Bischofszell | Thurgau | 11,200 | - | |
Appenzell 1 | Appenzell | Appenzell Innerrhoden | 5,500 | - | |
Arbon | Arbon | Thurgau | 13,100 | - | |
Ascona | Locarno | Ticino | 5,000 | - | |
Aubonne | Aubonne | Vaud | 2,600 | - | |
Avenches | Avenches | Vaud | 2,500 | - | |
Baar | - | Zug | 19,700 | - | |
Baden | Baden | Aargau | 16,300 | - | |
Basel | - | Basel-City | 165,000 | 486,000 | Basel agglomeration |
Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Ticino | 18,000 | 50,000 | Bellinzona agglomeration |
Bern | Bern | Bern | 131,600 | 349,000 | Bern agglomeration |
Beromünster 1 | Sursee | Lucerne | 2,300 | - | |
Biasca 1 | Riviera | Ticino | 5,800 | - | |
Biel/Bienne | Biel | Bern | 53,000 | 90,000 | Biel/Bienne agglomeration |
Binningen | Arlesheim | Basel-Country | 14,200 | - | |
Birsfelden | Arlesheim | Basel-Country | 10,300 | - | |
Bischofszell | Bischofszell | Thurgau | 5,500 | - | |
Boudry | Boudry | Neuchâtel | 5,000 | - | |
Bourg-Saint-Pierre | Entremont | Valais | 200 | - | |
Bremgarten | Bremgarten | Aargau | 5,700 | - | |
Brig 1 | Brig | Valais | 5,000 | - | |
Brugg | Brugg | Aargau | 9,200 | - | |
Buchs | Werdenberg | St. Gallen | 10,200 | - | |
Bulle | Gruyère | Fribourg | 11,600 | - | |
Bülach | Bülach | Zurich | 14,231 | - | |
Burgdorf | Burgdorf | Bern | 14,600 | - | |
Carouge | - | Geneva | 18,100 | - | |
Cham | - | Zug | 14,400 | - | |
Châtel-Saint-Denis | Veveyse | Fribourg | 4,400 | - | |
Chur | Plessur | Graubünden | 31,900 | - | |
Conthey | Conthey | Valais | 6,500 | - | |
Coppet | Nyon | Vaud | 2,400 | - | |
Cossonay | Cossonay | Vaud | 2,600 | - | |
Croglio | Lugano | Ticino | 800 | - | |
Cudrefin | Avenches | Vaud | 800 | - | |
Cully | Lavaux | Vaud | 1,700 | - | |
Davos | Prättigau/Davos | Graubünden | 10,900 | - | |
Delémont | Delémont | Jura | 11,400 | - | |
Diessenhofen | Diessenhofen | Thurgau | 3,100 | - | |
Dietikon | Dietikon | Zurich | 21,700 | - | |
Dübendorf | Uster | Zurich | 22,500 | - | |
Ebikon | Lucerne | Lucerne | 11,300 | - | |
Echallens | Echallens | Vaud | 4,500 | - | |
Eglisau | Bülach | Zurich | 3,100 | - | |
Einsiedeln | Einsiedeln | Schwyz | 12,800 | - | |
Elgg | Winterthur | Zurich | 3,600 | - | |
Emmen | Hochdorf | Lucerne | 26,900 | - | |
Erlach | Erlach | Bern | 1,100 | - | |
Estavayer-le-Lac | Broye | Fribourg | 4,600 | - | |
Frauenfeld | Frauenfeld | Thurgau | 22,000 | - | |
Freienbach | Höfe | Schwyz | 13,800 | - | |
Fribourg | Sarine (district) | Fribourg | 32,000 | 96,000 | Fribourg agglomeration |
Geneva | - | Geneva | 177,500 | 493,000 | Geneva agglomeration |
Gland | Nyon | Vaud | 10,100 | - | |
Glarus 1 | - | Glarus | 5,700 | - | |
Gordola | Locarno | Ticino | 3,900 | - | |
Gossau | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | 17,000 | - | |
Grandcour | Payerne | Vaud | 700 | - | |
Grandson | Grandson | Vaud | 2,700 | - | |
Greifensee | Uster | Zurich | 5,200 | - | |
Grenchen | Lebern | Solothurn | 16,000 | - | |
Grüningen | Hinwil | Zurich | 2,800 | - | |
Gruyères | Gruyère | Fribourg | 1,400 | - | |
Herisau | - | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 15,500 | - | |
Hermance | - | Geneva | 800 | - | |
Horgen | Horgen | Zurich | 17,600 | - | |
Horw | Lucerne | Lucerne | 12,300 | - | |
Huttwil | Trachselwald | Bern | 4,600 | - | |
Ilanz | Surselva | Graubünden | 2,300 | - | |
Illnau-Effretikon | Pfäffikon | Zurich | 14,900 | - | |
Ittigen | Bern | Bern | 10,800 | - | |
Kaiserstuhl | Zurzach | Aargau | 400 | - | |
Klingnau | Zurzach | Aargau | 2,800 | - | |
Kloten | Bülach | Zurich | 17,000 | - | |
Köniz | Bern | Bern | 37,900 | - | |
Kreuzlingen | Kreuzlingen | Thurgau | 16,900 | - | |
Kriens | Lucerne | Lucerne | 25,100 | - | |
Küsnacht | Meilen | Zurich | 12,600 | - | |
Küssnacht | Küssnacht | Schwyz | 11,300 | - | |
La Chaux-de-Fonds | La Chaux-de-Fonds | Neuchâtel | 36,900 | - | |
La Neuveville | La Neuveville | Bern | 3,400 | - | |
La Sarraz | Cossonay | Vaud | 1,700 | - | |
La Tour-de-Peilz | Vevey | Vaud | 10,400 | - | |
La Tour-de-Trême | Gruyère | Fribourg | 3,300 | - | |
Le Landeron | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 4,300 | - | |
Le Locle | Le Locle | Neuchâtel | 10,200 | - | |
Les Clées | Orbe | Vaud | 150 | - | |
Lachen 1 | March | Schwyz | 6,600 | - | |
Lancy | - | Geneva | 26,100 | - | |
Langenthal 1 | Aarwangen | Bern | 14,400 | - | |
Laufen | Laufen | Basel-Country | 5,000 | - | |
Laufenburg | Laufenburg | Aargau | 1,900 | - | |
Laupen | Laupen | Bern | 2,700 | - | |
Lausanne | Lausanne | Vaud | 129,273 | 317,020 | Lausanne agglomeration |
Lenzburg | Lenzburg | Aargau | 7,500 | - | |
Leuk 1 | Leuk | Valais | 3,300 | - | |
Lichtensteig | Toggenburg | St. Gallen | 1,800 | - | |
Liestal | Liestal | Basel-Country | 12,600 | - | |
Locarno | Locarno | Ticino | 15,600 | 61,000 | Locarno agglomeration |
Losone | Locarno | Ticino | 6,400 | - | |
Lugano | Lugano | Ticino | 64,200 | 135,000 | Lugano agglomeration |
Lutry | Lavaux | Vaud | 8,400 | - | |
Lucerne | Lucerne | Lucerne | 77,491 | 209,000 | Lucerne agglomeration |
Lyss | Aarberg | Bern | 13,900 | - | |
Maienfeld | Landquart | Graubünden | 2,300 | - | |
Martigny | Martigny | Valais | 14,000 | - | |
Meilen | Meilen | Zurich | 11,500 | - | |
Mellingen | Baden | Aargau | 4,300 | - | |
Mendrisio | Mendrisio | Ticino | 14,800 | 49,000 | Mendrisio-Chiasso agglomeration |
Meyrin | - | Geneva | 19,300 | - | |
Monthey | Monthey | Valais | 14,900 | - | |
Montreux | Vevey | Vaud | 22,500 | 85,000 | Montreux-Vevey agglomeration |
Morcote | Lugano | Ticino | 700 | - | |
Morges | Morges | Vaud | 13,800 | - | |
Moudon | Moudon | Vaud | 4,200 | - | |
Moutier 1 | Moutier | Bern | 7,700 | - | |
Münchenstein ² | Arlesheim | Basel-Country | 11,600 | - | |
Münsingen | Konolfingen | Bern | 10,700 | - | |
Muri | Bern | Bern | 12,300 | - | |
Murten | See | Fribourg | 5,500 | - | |
Muttenz | Arlesheim | Basel-Country | 16,700 | - | |
Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | 31,600 | - | |
Neuhausen | - | Schaffhausen | 10,000 | - | |
Neunkirch | - | Schaffhausen | 1,700 | - | |
Nidau | Nidau | Bern | 6,700 | - | |
Nyon | Nyon | Vaud | 16,300 | - | |
Oftringen | Zofingen | Aargau | 10,200 | - | |
Olten | Olten | Solothurn | 16,200 | - | |
Onex | - | Geneva | 16,500 | - | |
Opfikon | Bülach | Zurich | 12,400 | - | |
Orbe | Orbe | Vaud | 5,000 | - | |
Orsières 1 | Entremont | Valais | 2,700 | - | |
Ostermundigen | Bern | Bern | 15,200 | - | |
Payerne | Payerne | Vaud | 7,400 | - | |
Porrentruy | Porrentruy | Jura | 6,600 | - | |
Pratteln | Liestal | Basel-Country | 14,900 | - | |
Prilly | Lausanne | Vaud | 10,700 | - | |
Pully | Lausanne | Vaud | 16,100 | - | |
Rapperswil-Jona | See-Gaster | St. Gallen | 25,200 | - | |
Regensberg | Dielsdorf | Zurich | 400 | - | |
Regensdorf | Dielsdorf | Zurich | 15,200 | - | |
Reinach | Arlesheim | Basel-Country | 18,500 | - | |
Renens | Lausanne | Vaud | 17,500 | - | |
Rheinau | Andelfingen | Zurich | 1,300 | - | |
Rheineck | Rheintal | St. Gallen | 3,200 | - | |
Rheinfelden | Rheinfelden | Aargau | 10,700 | - | |
Richterswil | Horgen | Zurich | 10,800 | - | |
Riehen | - | Basel-City | 20,000 | - | |
Riva San Vitale | Mendrisio | Ticino | 2,300 | - | |
Rolle | Rolle | Vaud | 4,200 | - | |
Romainmôtier | Orbe | Vaud | 400 | - | |
Romont | Glane | Fribourg | 3,800 | - | |
Rorschach 1 | Rorschach | St. Gallen | 8,600 | - | |
Rue | Glane | Fribourg | 900 | - | |
Rüti | Hinwil | Zurich | 11,000 | - | |
Saillon | Martigny | Valais | 1,500 | - | |
Saint-Maurice | Saint-Maurice | Valais | 3,600 | - | |
Saint-Prex | Morges | Vaud | 4,200 | - | |
Saint-Ursanne | Porrentruy | Jura | 700 | - | |
Sala | Lugano | Ticino | 2,300 | - | |
St. Gallen | St. Gallen | St. Gallen | 70,000 | - | |
Sargans | Sarganserland | St. Gallen | 4,800 | - | |
Sarnen 1 | - | Obwalden | 9,300 | - | |
Schaffhausen | - | Schaffhausen | 33,700 | - | |
Schlieren | Dietikon | Zurich | 13,200 | - | |
Schwyz 1 | Schwyz | Schwyz | 14,000 | - | |
Sembrancher | Entremont | Valais | 700 | - | |
Sempach | Sursee | Lucerne | 3,600 | - | |
Sierre | Sierre | Valais | 14,300 | - | |
Sion | Sion | Valais | 27,600 | - | |
Solothurn | Solothurn | Solothurn | 15,100 | - | |
Spiez ² | Niedersimmental | Bern | 12,000 | - | |
Spreitenbach | Baden | Aargau | 10,000 | - | |
Splügen 1 | Hinterrhein | Graubünden | 400 | - | |
Stäfa | Meilen | Zurich | 12,000 | - | |
Stans 1 | - | Nidwalden | 7,300 | - | |
Steckborn | Steckborn | Thurgau | 3,200 | - | |
Steffisburg | Thun | Bern | 14,600 | - | |
Stein am Rhein | - | Schaffhausen | 3,000 | - | |
Sursee | Sursee | Lucerne | 8,000 | - | |
Thalwil | Horgen | Zurich | 15,900 | - | |
Thônex | - | Geneva | 12,800 | - | |
Thun | Thun | Bern | 40,000 | 95,000 | Thun agglomeration |
Thusis 1 | Hinterrhein | Graubünden | 2,500 | - | |
Unterseen | Interlaken | Bern | 5,100 | - | |
Uznach | See-Gaster | St. Gallen | 5,400 | - | |
Uster | Uster | Zurich | 28,700 | - | |
Uzwil | Wil | St. Gallen | 12,000 | - | |
Valangin | Val-de-Ruz | Neuchâtel | 400 | - | |
Vernier | - | Geneva | 29,400 | - | |
Versoix | - | Geneva | 11,100 | - | |
Vevey | Vevey | Vaud | 15,700 | 85,000 | Montreux-Vevey agglomeration |
Villeneuve | Aigle | Vaud | 4,100 | - | |
Visp 1 | Visp | Valais | 6,500 | - | |
Volketswil | Uster | Zurich | 14,300 | - | |
Wädenswil | Horgen | Zurich | 19,300 | - | |
Waldenburg | Waldenburg | Basel-Country | 1,200 | - | |
Walenstadt | Sarganserland | St. Gallen | 4,600 | - | |
Wallisellen | Bülach | Zurich | 12,000 | - | |
Wangen an der Aare | Wangen | Bern | 1,900 | - | |
Werdenberg | Werdenberg | St. Gallen | 90 | - | |
Wettingen | Baden | Aargau | 18,100 | - | |
Wetzikon | Hinwil | Zurich | 18,700 | - | |
Wiedlisbach | Wangen | Bern | 2,200 | - | |
Wil | Wil | St. Gallen | 16,600 | - | |
Willisau | Willisau | Lucerne | 7,100 | - | |
Winterthur | Winterthur | Zurich | 97,300 | - | |
Wohlen | Bremgarten | Aargau | 13,700 | - | |
Worb | Konolfingen | Bern | 11,000 | - | |
Yverdon-les-Bains | Yverdon | Vaud | 23,400 | - | |
Zofingen | Zofingen | Aargau | 10,349 | - | |
Zollikon | Meilen | Zurich | 11,900 | - | |
Zug | - | Zug | 23,200 | - | |
Zurich | Zurich | Zurich | 366,445 | 1,102,000 | Zurich agglomeration |
Zurzach 1 | Zurzach | Aargau | 3,900 | - |
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