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  1. Apr 25, 2017 · The 10 Most Populous Cities In Switzerland Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, is world-renowned for its banking and finance sector. The name Switzerland originally came from Switzer, used from the 16 th through 19 th Centuries to describe Swiss people. The country has a direct democracy and federalism form of government and is one of the ...

  2. Feb 13, 2024 · Feb 13, 2024. This statistic shows the ten biggest cities in Switzerland, as of 2020, by number of inhabitants. In 2020, Zurich was Switzerland's most-populous city with approximately 421,878 ...

  3. Basel is the third-most populous city, with about 180,000 inhabitants. Lausanne, Bern, and Winterthur all have populations of over 100,000 people as well. About 73.85% of Switzerland’s population lives in cities and urban areas, while 26.15% live in rural areas. Switzerland’s urban population is growing around 0.78% per year.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ZürichZürich - Wikipedia

    Zürich ( / ˈzjʊərɪk / ZURE-ik, German: [ˈtsyːrɪç] ⓘ; see below) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, [5] at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich.

    • 87.88 km² (33.93 sq mi)
    • German: Zürcher(in)
    • Switzerland
    • Zürich
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  6. Below is a list of towns and cities in Switzerland. Until 2014 municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants were considered to be towns ( German: Stadt/Städte, French: ville (s), Italian: città ). Since 2014, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) uses a new algorithm (called German: Statistische Städte 2012, or French: Villes statistiques ...

  7. Apr 18, 2024 · Zürich, largest city of Switzerland and capital of the canton of Zürich. Located in an Alpine setting at the northwestern end of Lake Zürich, this financial, cultural, and industrial centre stretches out between two forested chains of hills, about 40 miles (60 km) from the northern foothills of the Alps. Two rivers, the Limmat and Sihl, run ...

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BernBern - Wikipedia

    Bern (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ, German:), or Berne (French: ⓘ), is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city". With a population of about 133,000 (as of 2022), Bern is the fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zürich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne.

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