Switzerland: Agglomerations
Contents: Agglomerations
The population of the Swiss agglomerations according to census results and latest estimates.
icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, nationality, country of birth).| 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 2019-12-31 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarau | Agglomeration | Aargau / Solothurn | 59,000 | 63,413 | 64,506 | 71,923 | 80,880 | → |
| Altdorf (UR) | Agglomeration | Uri | 28,919 | 29,800 | 30,594 | 31,307 | 32,515 | → |
| Altstätten (Rheintal) | Agglomeration | St. Gallen | 40,193 | 44,251 | 48,992 | 53,824 | 58,857 | → |
| Amriswil - Romanshorn | Agglomeration | Thurgau | 18,065 | 20,639 | 21,759 | 23,332 | 26,562 | → |
| Arbon - Rorschach | Agglomeration | Thurgau / St. Gallen | 45,437 | 47,893 | 48,850 | 51,927 | 55,632 | → |
| Baden - Brugg | Agglomeration | Aargau | 88,060 | 92,962 | 95,197 | 103,145 | 112,040 | → |
| Basel | Agglomeration | Basel-Stadt / Basel-Landschaft / Aargau / Solothurn | 479,340 | 495,767 | 501,790 | 521,229 | 552,863 | → |
| Bellinzona | Agglomeration | Ticino / Graubünden | 38,057 | 40,712 | 43,889 | 49,041 | 53,456 | → |
| Bern | Agglomeration | Bern / Fribourg | 371,225 | 387,029 | 387,380 | 392,187 | 422,129 | → |
| Biel/Bienne | Agglomeration | Bern | 95,771 | 96,530 | 93,824 | 99,447 | 107,754 | → |
| Brig - Visp | Agglomeration | Valais | 36,392 | 39,087 | 41,760 | 44,709 | 47,974 | → |
| Buchs (SG) | Agglomeration | St. Gallen | 18,995 | 21,702 | 23,816 | 25,756 | 28,670 | → |
| Bulle | Agglomeration | Fribourg | 15,180 | 18,413 | 21,790 | 27,778 | 34,527 | → |
| Chiasso - Mendrisio | Agglomeration | Ticino | 42,012 | 44,139 | 46,178 | 49,154 | 50,801 | → |
| Chur | Agglomeration | Graubünden | 47,565 | 50,735 | 52,801 | 55,834 | 60,187 | → |
| Delémont | Agglomeration | Jura | 25,189 | 26,189 | 26,917 | 28,263 | 30,585 | → |
| Frauenfeld | Agglomeration | Thurgau | 18,883 | 20,577 | 21,954 | 23,298 | 25,781 | → |
| Fribourg | Agglomeration | Fribourg | 70,865 | 80,014 | 87,582 | 97,229 | 109,544 | → |
| Genève [Geneva] | Agglomeration | Genève / Vaud | 393,926 | 438,500 | 485,651 | 544,772 | 603,204 | → |
| Glarus | Agglomeration | Glarus | 26,169 | 27,450 | 27,571 | 28,788 | 31,137 | → |
| Grenchen | Agglomeration | Solothurn / Bern | 24,968 | 24,934 | 25,118 | 25,370 | 27,719 | → |
| Interlaken | Agglomeration | Bern | 18,493 | 20,554 | 21,794 | 23,080 | 24,251 | → |
| Kreuzlingen | Agglomeration | Thurgau | 17,098 | 18,395 | 18,802 | 21,653 | 24,489 | → |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds - Le Locle | Agglomeration | Neuchâtel / Bern | 52,628 | 51,616 | 51,155 | 51,160 | 51,212 | → |
| Lachen | Agglomeration | Schwyz | 15,760 | 19,265 | 22,480 | 26,993 | 30,282 | → |
| Lausanne | Agglomeration | Vaud / Fribourg | 299,749 | 333,093 | 348,387 | 379,164 | 427,850 | → |
| Lenzburg | Agglomeration | Aargau | 16,764 | 17,550 | 17,844 | 20,020 | 25,338 | → |
| Locarno | Agglomeration | Ticino | 44,453 | 45,911 | 49,857 | 53,359 | 55,681 | → |
| Lugano | Agglomeration | Ticino | 104,521 | 115,035 | 128,457 | 141,236 | 150,175 | → |
| Luzern [Lucerne] | Agglomeration | Luzern / Nidwalden | 178,001 | 192,259 | 202,442 | 215,800 | 233,491 | → |
| Martigny | Agglomeration | Valais | 12,944 | 15,608 | 16,825 | 19,157 | 21,504 | → |
| Monthey | Agglomeration | Valais | 17,651 | 22,462 | 24,514 | 29,567 | 33,927 | → |
| Neuchâtel | Agglomeration | Neuchâtel | 75,104 | 78,183 | 80,409 | 83,041 | 86,117 | → |
| Olten - Zofingen | Agglomeration | Solothurn / Aargau / Luzern | 80,819 | 84,056 | 86,162 | 93,105 | 102,640 | → |
| Rapperswil-Jona - Rüti | Agglomeration | St. Gallen / Zürich | 34,240 | 38,804 | 41,254 | 44,850 | 47,169 | → |
| Schaffhausen | Agglomeration | Schaffhausen / Zürich | 61,310 | 62,649 | 63,135 | 66,343 | 71,488 | → |
| Sierre | Agglomeration | Valais | 18,752 | 20,980 | 21,735 | 24,361 | 26,484 | → |
| Sion | Agglomeration | Valais | 53,245 | 61,020 | 66,239 | 77,101 | 87,926 | → |
| Solothurn | Agglomeration | Solothurn | 66,419 | 69,986 | 72,466 | 75,531 | 80,478 | → |
| Stein (AG) | Agglomeration | Aargau | 3,468 | 3,734 | 4,527 | 5,414 | 6,118 | → |
| St. Gallen | Agglomeration | St. Gallen / Appenzell Ausserrhoden / Thurgau | 146,040 | 153,838 | 156,535 | 160,546 | 167,643 | → |
| Thun | Agglomeration | Bern | 65,459 | 69,715 | 73,416 | 78,302 | 80,842 | → |
| Vevey - Montreux | Agglomeration | Vaud | 63,179 | 70,429 | 71,846 | 79,717 | 85,988 | → |
| Wil (SG) | Agglomeration | St. Gallen / Thurgau | 52,090 | 59,016 | 63,498 | 69,082 | 75,354 | → |
| Winterthur | Agglomeration | Zürich | 105,890 | 109,477 | 116,108 | 130,398 | 145,052 | → |
| Wohlen (AG) | Agglomeration | Aargau | 15,914 | 17,363 | 18,632 | 20,407 | 24,085 | → |
| Yverdon-les-Bains | Agglomeration | Vaud | 26,801 | 30,736 | 33,602 | 37,987 | 42,192 | → |
| Zug | Agglomeration | Zug / Zürich / Aargau / Luzern | 78,103 | 88,310 | 103,613 | 117,495 | 133,013 | → |
| Zürich [Zurich] | Agglomeration | Zürich / Aargau / Schwyz / Schaffhausen | 1,012,217 | 1,070,191 | 1,133,849 | 1,249,750 | 1,401,783 | → |
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (web).
Explanation: Boundaries of agglomerations (core and belt) according to the 2012 definition without parts outside of Switzerland. The population figures for 2019 are final.