Historic Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Historic Population Data | |||||||||||
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Year | Total Population | German Speaking | Italian Speaking | Catholic | Protestant | Other | Jewish | Islamic | No religion given | Swiss | Non-Swiss |
1621 | 2,052 | ||||||||||
1669 | ca. 2,500 | ||||||||||
1743 | 4,639 | ||||||||||
1799 | 6,338 | ||||||||||
1802 | ca. 5,000 | ||||||||||
1837 | 5,225 | ||||||||||
1850 | 5,432 | 5,428 | 4 | 5,406 | 26 | ||||||
1870 | 6,137 | 6,114 | 38 | 5,987 | 167 | ||||||
1888 | 6,616 | 6,424 | 110 | 6,552 | 64 | 21 | 6,380 | 236 | |||
1900 | 7,398 | 7,072 | 246 | 7,268 | 129 | 18 | 1 | 6,911 | 487 | ||
1910 | 8,000 | 7,549 | 352 | 7,807 | 184 | 48 | 3 | 7,399 | 601 | ||
1930 | 8,256 | 7,866 | 245 | 8,004 | 246 | 50 | 7,830 | 426 | |||
1950 | 10,259 | 9,827 | 255 | 9,888 | 358 | 92 | 1 | 9,896 | 363 | ||
1970 | 12,194 | 11,206 | 744 | 11,615 | 501 | 209 | 5 | 17 | 11,080 | 1,114 | |
1990 | 12,872 | 11,530 | 453 | 11,420 | 667 | 849 | 3 | 225 | 160 | 11,319 | 1,553 |
2000 | 13,802 | 12,441 | 273 | 11,269 | 751 | 1,065 | 5 | 502 | 377 | 11,756 | 2,046 |
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