Switzerland: Agglomeration Cores
Contents: Agglomeration and Urban Cores
The population of the Swiss agglomerations and urban cores according to census results and latest estimates.
| Name | Status | Cantons | Population Census 1980-12-02 | Population Census 1990-12-04 | Population Census 2000-12-05 | Population Estimate 2010-12-31 | Population Estimate 2020-12-31 | Population Estimate 2025-12-31 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarau | Agglomeration Core | Aargau / Solothurn | 74,860 | 80,178 | 82,568 | 90,515 | 102,504 | 109,375 | → |
| Aigle | Urban Core | Vaud | 6,233 | 7,825 | 7,955 | 9,255 | 10,462 | 12,046 | → |
| Altdorf (UR) | Agglomeration Core | Uri | 19,071 | 19,727 | 20,590 | 21,291 | 22,675 | 23,921 | → |
| Altstätten (Rheintal) | Agglomeration Core | St. Gallen | 39,474 | 43,283 | 47,726 | 52,389 | 57,973 | 62,184 | → |
| Amriswil - Romanshorn | Agglomeration Core | Thurgau | 18,065 | 20,639 | 21,759 | 23,332 | 27,019 | 28,836 | → |
| Appenzell | Urban Core | Appenzell Innerrhoden | 8,727 | 9,472 | 10,297 | 11,215 | 11,799 | 12,385 | → |
| Arbon - Rorschach | Agglomeration Core | Thurgau / St. Gallen | 46,975 | 49,655 | 51,312 | 54,821 | 59,447 | 63,475 | → |
| Arth | Urban Core | Schwyz | 7,795 | 8,425 | 9,593 | 10,699 | 12,184 | 12,614 | → |
| Baden - Brugg | Agglomeration Core | Aargau | 84,272 | 88,455 | 90,670 | 97,961 | 107,310 | 113,728 | → |
| Basel | Agglomeration Core | Basel-Stadt / Basel-Landschaft / Aargau / Solothurn | 400,599 | 404,287 | 397,356 | 408,106 | 435,080 | 452,424 | → |
| Bellinzona | Agglomeration Core | Ticino | 35,164 | 37,116 | 39,818 | 44,533 | 48,384 | 51,035 | → |
| Bern | Agglomeration Core | Bern | 261,972 | 264,091 | 256,353 | 254,888 | 277,319 | 286,775 | → |
| Biel/Bienne | Agglomeration Core | Bern | 79,938 | 79,490 | 76,044 | 80,658 | 87,307 | 91,119 | → |
| Brig - Visp | Agglomeration Core | Valais | 24,487 | 26,269 | 28,147 | 30,398 | 33,544 | 36,228 | → |
| Buchs (SG) | Agglomeration Core | St. Gallen | 13,910 | 15,460 | 16,696 | 18,084 | 20,273 | 21,821 | → |
| Bulle | Agglomeration Core | Fribourg | 12,875 | 15,659 | 18,789 | 24,388 | 31,189 | 34,382 | → |
| Burgdorf | Agglomeration Core | Bern | 18,248 | 18,291 | 17,454 | 18,255 | 19,520 | 20,530 | → |
| Chiasso - Mendrisio | Agglomeration Core | Ticino | 38,174 | 39,955 | 41,589 | 44,279 | 45,417 | 46,054 | → |
| Chur | Agglomeration Core | Graubünden | 33,393 | 34,348 | 34,629 | 35,564 | 37,724 | 39,740 | → |
| Crans-Montana | Urban Core | Valais | 6,203 | 8,122 | 8,749 | 10,530 | 10,218 | 10,781 | → |
| Davos | Urban Core | Graubünden | 10,693 | 11,259 | 11,718 | 11,166 | 10,832 | 10,733 | → |
| Delémont | Agglomeration Core | Jura | 14,266 | 14,471 | 14,587 | 15,216 | 16,618 | 17,194 | → |
| Döttingen - Böttstein | Urban Core | Aargau | 8,593 | 9,316 | 9,599 | 10,517 | 11,766 | 12,659 | → |
| Einsiedeln | Urban Core | Schwyz | 9,629 | 10,869 | 12,622 | 14,385 | 16,247 | 16,663 | → |
| Frauenfeld | Agglomeration Core | Thurgau | 18,883 | 20,577 | 21,954 | 23,298 | 25,974 | 27,193 | → |
| Fribourg | Agglomeration Core | Fribourg | 47,761 | 51,630 | 53,244 | 56,954 | 63,376 | 66,331 | → |
| Frick | Urban Core | Aargau | 5,272 | 6,414 | 7,634 | 9,007 | 10,409 | 11,273 | → |
| Genève [Geneva] | Agglomeration Core | Genève / Vaud | 363,632 | 398,767 | 437,726 | 486,512 | 539,589 | 572,131 | → |
| Glarus | Agglomeration Core | Glarus | 26,169 | 27,450 | 27,571 | 28,788 | 31,371 | 32,815 | → |
| Grenchen | Agglomeration Core | Solothurn / Bern | 24,968 | 24,934 | 25,118 | 25,370 | 27,846 | 29,687 | → |
| Herzogenbuchsee | Urban Core | Bern | 6,940 | 7,311 | 7,628 | 8,314 | 8,984 | 9,400 | → |
| Hochdorf | Urban Core | Luzern | 6,034 | 7,055 | 7,761 | 8,698 | 9,872 | 10,156 | → |
| Interlaken | Agglomeration Core | Bern | 14,191 | 15,352 | 16,173 | 17,146 | 18,108 | 18,837 | → |
| Kirchberg (BE) | Urban Core | Bern | 8,471 | 9,641 | 10,158 | 10,681 | 11,529 | 11,553 | → |
| Kreuzlingen | Agglomeration Core | Thurgau | 17,098 | 18,395 | 18,802 | 21,653 | 24,787 | 26,312 | → |
| Küssnacht (SZ) | Urban Core | Schwyz | 8,091 | 9,461 | 10,704 | 12,224 | 13,531 | 14,182 | → |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds - Le Locle | Agglomeration Core | Neuchâtel | 50,384 | 49,325 | 48,709 | 48,642 | 47,793 | 48,755 | → |
| Lachen | Agglomeration Core | Schwyz | 15,760 | 19,265 | 22,480 | 26,993 | 30,881 | 32,475 | → |
| Landquart | Urban Core | Graubünden | 8,267 | 10,057 | 10,740 | 11,476 | 12,377 | 13,101 | → |
| Langenthal | Urban Core | Bern | 16,104 | 17,207 | 16,977 | 17,822 | 18,622 | 19,071 | → |
| Lausanne | Agglomeration Core | Vaud | 238,797 | 256,845 | 261,017 | 276,887 | 311,576 | 331,929 | → |
| Lenzburg | Agglomeration Core | Aargau | 16,764 | 17,550 | 17,844 | 20,020 | 25,902 | 27,364 | → |
| Locarno | Agglomeration Core | Ticino | 40,124 | 41,388 | 45,395 | 49,007 | 50,951 | 51,792 | → |
| Lugano | Agglomeration Core | Ticino | 81,025 | 87,507 | 96,553 | 104,817 | 110,611 | 114,936 | → |
| Luzern [Lucerne] | Agglomeration Core | Luzern | 156,867 | 167,871 | 174,449 | 183,902 | 198,908 | 210,915 | → |
| Lyss | Urban Core | Bern | 10,110 | 11,742 | 12,550 | 13,726 | 15,763 | 16,608 | → |
| Martigny | Agglomeration Core | Valais | 13,275 | 15,887 | 17,173 | 19,757 | 22,609 | 24,924 | → |
| Mels - Sargans | Agglomeration Core | St. Gallen | 13,745 | 15,202 | 16,493 | 18,016 | 19,815 | 21,415 | → |
| Monthey | Agglomeration Core | Valais | 16,763 | 21,323 | 23,195 | 27,914 | 32,224 | 34,597 | → |
| Murten | Urban Core | Fribourg / Bern | 8,081 | 8,886 | 10,462 | 11,919 | 12,880 | 13,149 | → |
| Neuchâtel | Agglomeration Core | Neuchâtel | 60,372 | 61,590 | 62,533 | 64,106 | 66,757 | 68,315 | → |
| Niederrohrdorf - Oberrohrdorf | Urban Core | Aargau | 7,041 | 8,415 | 9,113 | 11,015 | 12,509 | 13,654 | → |
| Oensingen | Urban Core | Solothurn / Bern | 6,843 | 7,592 | 8,621 | 9,489 | 11,373 | 12,446 | → |
| Olten - Zofingen | Agglomeration Core | Solothurn / Aargau / Luzern | 75,976 | 78,407 | 79,575 | 86,150 | 96,428 | 102,243 | → |
| Payerne | Urban Core | Vaud | 8,021 | 8,805 | 8,938 | 10,640 | 12,752 | 14,043 | → |
| Porrentruy | Urban Core | Jura | 8,482 | 8,339 | 8,374 | 8,354 | 8,124 | 8,241 | → |
| Rapperswil-Jona - Rüti | Agglomeration Core | St. Gallen / Zürich | 34,240 | 38,804 | 41,254 | 44,850 | 47,622 | 50,004 | → |
| Reinach (AG) | Agglomeration Core | Aargau | 13,504 | 15,073 | 16,341 | 17,410 | 19,843 | 22,470 | → |
| Rothrist | Urban Core | Aargau | 6,015 | 6,741 | 6,869 | 7,855 | 9,290 | 9,980 | → |
| Sarnen | Urban Core | Obwalden | 7,372 | 8,398 | 9,145 | 9,971 | 10,514 | 10,903 | → |
| Schaffhausen | Agglomeration Core | Schaffhausen / Zürich | 49,295 | 49,210 | 48,321 | 50,046 | 52,668 | 56,817 | → |
| Schwyz | Urban Core | Schwyz | 12,100 | 12,872 | 13,802 | 14,423 | 15,435 | 16,736 | → |
| Sierre | Agglomeration Core | Valais | 16,947 | 18,774 | 19,078 | 21,246 | 22,966 | 24,413 | → |
| Sion | Agglomeration Core | Valais | 38,298 | 44,355 | 48,243 | 56,257 | 65,132 | 70,579 | → |
| Solothurn | Agglomeration Core | Solothurn | 52,098 | 54,372 | 55,938 | 57,831 | 62,059 | 64,825 | → |
| Spiez | Urban Core | Bern | 9,800 | 11,182 | 12,027 | 12,475 | 12,926 | 13,331 | → |
| Stans | Urban Core | Nidwalden | 11,057 | 12,603 | 14,180 | 15,467 | 15,978 | 16,576 | → |
| Stein (AG) | Agglomeration Core | Aargau | 4,284 | 4,541 | 5,611 | 6,719 | 7,802 | 8,397 | → |
| St. Gallen | Agglomeration Core | St. Gallen / Appenzell Ausserrhoden | 117,105 | 121,544 | 121,294 | 123,331 | 127,988 | 133,479 | → |
| St. Moritz | Urban Core | Graubünden | 5,900 | 5,426 | 5,589 | 5,202 | 4,945 | 5,025 | → |
| Sursee | Urban Core | Luzern | 10,665 | 12,121 | 12,824 | 15,167 | 18,338 | 19,489 | → |
| Thun | Agglomeration Core | Bern | 59,146 | 62,863 | 66,517 | 70,927 | 72,974 | 74,631 | → |
| Uznach | Urban Core | St. Gallen | 9,874 | 11,468 | 12,245 | 13,537 | 15,466 | 16,401 | → |
| Vevey - Montreux | Agglomeration Core | Vaud | 59,606 | 66,403 | 67,666 | 74,788 | 81,091 | 85,062 | → |
| Villeneuve (VD) | Urban Core | Vaud | 4,222 | 4,898 | 5,392 | 6,293 | 7,904 | 8,204 | → |
| Wattwil | Urban Core | St. Gallen | 10,112 | 10,320 | 10,436 | 10,309 | 10,716 | 11,412 | → |
| Weinfelden | Urban Core | Thurgau | 9,007 | 9,299 | 9,456 | 10,383 | 11,629 | 12,651 | → |
| Wil (SG) | Agglomeration Core | St. Gallen / Thurgau | 48,150 | 53,941 | 57,231 | 61,651 | 67,563 | 71,705 | → |
| Winterthur | Agglomeration Core | Zürich | 91,888 | 93,265 | 97,887 | 109,860 | 123,633 | 130,452 | → |
| Wohlen (AG) | Agglomeration Core | Aargau | 15,914 | 17,363 | 18,632 | 20,407 | 24,549 | 26,435 | → |
| Yverdon-les-Bains | Agglomeration Core | Vaud | 21,983 | 24,433 | 26,183 | 29,663 | 32,146 | 32,812 | → |
| Zermatt | Urban Core | Valais | 3,548 | 4,225 | 5,988 | 5,720 | 5,820 | 6,112 | → |
| Zug | Agglomeration Core | Zug | 69,189 | 77,151 | 90,487 | 103,198 | 118,194 | 123,621 | → |
| Zürich [Zurich] | Agglomeration Core | Zürich / Aargau / Schwyz | 871,635 | 901,659 | 938,381 | 1,023,973 | 1,157,146 | 1,215,849 | → |
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
Explanation: Boundaries of agglomeration and urban cores according to the 2020 definition without parts outside of Switzerland. The population figures for 2025 are preliminary.