
Switzerland: Agglomerations
Contents: Agglomerations
The population of the Swiss agglomerations 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 2022-12-31 | |
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Aarau | Agglomeration | Aargau / Solothurn | 59,000 | 63,413 | 64,506 | 71,923 | 81,819 | 83,301 | → |
Altdorf (UR) | Agglomeration | Uri | 28,919 | 29,800 | 30,594 | 31,307 | 32,545 | 32,988 | → |
Altstätten (Rheintal) | Agglomeration | St. Gallen | 40,193 | 44,251 | 48,992 | 53,824 | 59,527 | 61,464 | → |
Amriswil - Romanshorn | Agglomeration | Thurgau | 18,065 | 20,639 | 21,759 | 23,332 | 27,019 | 27,440 | → |
Arbon - Rorschach | Agglomeration | Thurgau / St. Gallen | 45,437 | 47,893 | 48,850 | 51,927 | 56,190 | 57,397 | → |
Baden - Brugg | Agglomeration | Aargau | 89,032 | 94,176 | 96,455 | 104,363 | 114,155 | 116,249 | → |
Basel | Agglomeration | Basel-Stadt / Basel-Landschaft / Aargau / Solothurn | 479,340 | 495,767 | 501,790 | 521,229 | 555,526 | 559,335 | → |
Bellinzona | Agglomeration | Ticino / Graubünden | 38,057 | 40,712 | 43,889 | 49,041 | 53,583 | 54,624 | → |
Bern | Agglomeration | Bern / Fribourg | 371,056 | 386,719 | 386,962 | 391,821 | 423,531 | 425,608 | → |
Biel/Bienne | Agglomeration | Bern | 95,771 | 96,530 | 93,824 | 99,447 | 108,042 | 109,483 | → |
Brig - Visp | Agglomeration | Valais | 36,392 | 39,087 | 41,760 | 44,709 | 48,446 | 49,773 | → |
Buchs (SG) | Agglomeration | St. Gallen | 18,995 | 21,702 | 23,816 | 25,756 | 28,988 | 29,785 | → |
Bulle | Agglomeration | Fribourg | 15,180 | 18,413 | 21,790 | 27,778 | 35,189 | 36,657 | → |
Chiasso - Mendrisio | Agglomeration | Ticino | 42,012 | 44,139 | 46,178 | 49,154 | 50,420 | 50,252 | → |
Chur | Agglomeration | Graubünden | 47,565 | 50,735 | 52,801 | 55,834 | 60,679 | 61,703 | → |
Delémont | Agglomeration | Jura | 25,189 | 26,189 | 26,917 | 28,263 | 30,729 | 30,920 | → |
Frauenfeld | Agglomeration | Thurgau | 18,883 | 20,577 | 21,954 | 23,298 | 25,974 | 26,092 | → |
Fribourg | Agglomeration | Fribourg | 71,052 | 80,257 | 87,844 | 97,561 | 110,731 | 112,211 | → |
Genève [Geneva] | Agglomeration | Genève / Vaud | 393,926 | 438,500 | 485,651 | 544,772 | 606,748 | 616,344 | → |
Glarus | Agglomeration | Glarus | 26,169 | 27,450 | 27,571 | 28,788 | 31,371 | 31,941 | → |
Grenchen | Agglomeration | Solothurn / Bern | 24,968 | 24,934 | 25,118 | 25,370 | 27,846 | 28,454 | → |
Interlaken | Agglomeration | Bern | 18,493 | 20,554 | 21,794 | 23,080 | 24,209 | 24,523 | → |
Kreuzlingen | Agglomeration | Thurgau | 17,098 | 18,395 | 18,802 | 21,653 | 24,787 | 25,473 | → |
La Chaux-de-Fonds - Le Locle | Agglomeration | Neuchâtel / Bern | 52,628 | 51,616 | 51,155 | 51,160 | 50,418 | 49,895 | → |
Lachen | Agglomeration | Schwyz | 15,760 | 19,265 | 22,480 | 26,993 | 30,881 | 31,687 | → |
Lausanne | Agglomeration | Vaud / Fribourg | 299,749 | 333,093 | 348,387 | 379,164 | 433,676 | 441,894 | → |
Lenzburg | Agglomeration | Aargau | 16,764 | 17,550 | 17,844 | 20,020 | 25,902 | 26,163 | → |
Locarno | Agglomeration | Ticino | 44,406 | 45,883 | 49,835 | 53,347 | 55,566 | 56,310 | → |
Lugano | Agglomeration | Ticino | 104,521 | 115,035 | 128,457 | 141,236 | 150,105 | 151,847 | → |
Luzern [Lucerne] | Agglomeration | Luzern / Nidwalden | 178,001 | 192,259 | 202,442 | 215,800 | 235,224 | 240,412 | → |
Martigny | Agglomeration | Valais | 13,882 | 16,607 | 17,906 | 20,572 | 23,520 | 24,206 | → |
Monthey | Agglomeration | Valais | 17,651 | 22,462 | 24,514 | 29,567 | 34,147 | 34,988 | → |
Neuchâtel | Agglomeration | Neuchâtel | 75,104 | 78,183 | 80,409 | 83,041 | 86,211 | 86,924 | → |
Olten - Zofingen | Agglomeration | Solothurn / Aargau / Luzern | 80,819 | 84,056 | 86,162 | 93,105 | 103,924 | 106,138 | → |
Rapperswil-Jona - Rüti | Agglomeration | St. Gallen / Zürich | 34,240 | 38,804 | 41,254 | 44,850 | 47,622 | 48,727 | → |
Schaffhausen | Agglomeration | Schaffhausen / Zürich | 61,310 | 62,649 | 63,135 | 66,343 | 72,234 | 73,898 | → |
Sierre | Agglomeration | Valais | 18,752 | 20,980 | 21,735 | 24,361 | 26,572 | 27,231 | → |
Sion | Agglomeration | Valais | 53,245 | 61,020 | 66,239 | 77,101 | 88,769 | 90,733 | → |
Solothurn | Agglomeration | Solothurn | 66,419 | 69,986 | 72,466 | 75,531 | 81,129 | 82,261 | → |
Stein (AG) | Agglomeration | Aargau | 3,468 | 3,734 | 4,527 | 5,414 | 6,259 | 6,494 | → |
St. Gallen | Agglomeration | St. Gallen / Appenzell Ausserrhoden / Thurgau | 146,040 | 153,838 | 156,535 | 160,546 | 167,968 | 169,710 | → |
Thun | Agglomeration | Bern | 65,459 | 69,715 | 73,416 | 78,302 | 80,941 | 81,329 | → |
Vevey - Montreux | Agglomeration | Vaud | 63,179 | 70,429 | 71,846 | 79,717 | 86,925 | 88,078 | → |
Wil (SG) | Agglomeration | St. Gallen / Thurgau | 52,090 | 59,016 | 63,498 | 69,082 | 76,013 | 77,607 | → |
Winterthur | Agglomeration | Zürich | 105,890 | 109,477 | 116,108 | 130,398 | 146,221 | 149,334 | → |
Wohlen (AG) | Agglomeration | Aargau | 15,914 | 17,363 | 18,632 | 20,407 | 24,549 | 24,993 | → |
Yverdon-les-Bains | Agglomeration | Vaud | 26,801 | 30,736 | 33,602 | 37,987 | 42,103 | 42,239 | → |
Zug | Agglomeration | Zug / Zürich / Aargau / Luzern | 78,103 | 88,310 | 103,613 | 117,495 | 134,184 | 136,733 | → |
Zürich [Zurich] | Agglomeration | Zürich / Aargau / Schwyz / Schaffhausen | 1,011,843 | 1,069,758 | 1,133,415 | 1,249,352 | 1,414,345 | 1,437,820 | → |
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 2022 are preliminary.