Cantons of Switzerland
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Cantons of Switzerland
The table below lists the 26 cantons that constitute present day Switzerland. They are listed in the same order as in the Swiss Constitution[?].
Notes: 1 in 2000-2001, 2 km², 3 per km², 4 seat of government and parliament, the seat of the judicial authorities is Trogen[?].
The two letter abbreviations for Swiss cantons are widely used, e.g. on car license plates and in the ISO 3166-2 codes (with the prefix "CH-", i.e. CH-SZ for the canton of Schwyz).
Abbr
Canton
Since
Capital
Population1
Area2
Density3
Municip.1
Official languages
ZH Zurich 1351 Zurich 1212000 1729 701 171 German
BE Berne[?] 1353 Berne 942000 5959 158 399 German, French
LU Lucerne[?] 1332 Lucerne 347000 1493 233 107 German
UR Uri 1291 Altdorf[?] 35000 1077 33 20 German
SZ Schwyz[?] 1291 Schwyz 130000 908 143 30 German
OW Obwalden[?] (Obwald) 1291 Sarnen[?] 32000 491 66 7 German
NW Nidwalden[?] (Nidwald) 1291 Stans[?] 38000 276 138 11 German
GL Glarus[?] 1352 Glarus[?] 35000 685 51 28 German
ZG Zug 1352 Zug 99000 239 416 11 German
FR Fribourg[?] 1481 Fribourg 236000 1671 141 242 French, German
SO Solothurn[?] 1481 Solothurn 244000 791 308 126 German
BS Basel-City (Basle Town) 1501 Basel 188000 37 5072 3 German
BL Basel-Country (Basle Country) 1501 Liestal 260000 518 502 86 German
SH Schaffhausen[?] 1501 Schaffhausen 73000 298 246 34 German
AR Appenzell Outer Rhodes[?] 1513 Herisau[?]4 54000 243 220 20 German
AI Appenzell Inner Rhodes[?] 1513 Appenzell[?] 15000 173 87 6 German
SG St. Gallen[?] (St. Gall) 1803 St. Gallen[?] 449000 2026 222 90 German
GR Graubünden (Grisons) 1803 Chur 187000 7105 26 211 German, Romansh, Italian
AG Aargau (Argovia) 1803 Aarau 544000 1404 388 232 German
TG Thurgau[?] (Thurgovia) 1803 Frauenfeld[?] 227000 991 229 80 German
TI Ticino 1803 Bellinzona[?] 309000 2812 110 244 Italian
VD Vaud[?] 1803 Lausanne 604000 3212 188 382 French
VS Valais 1815 Sion[?] 276000 5224 53 160 French, German
NE Neuchâtel[?] 1815 Neuchâtel[?] 166000 803 206 62 French
GE Geneva[?] 1815 Geneva 407000 282 1442 44 French
JU Jura 1979 Delémont[?] 69000 838 82 83 French
CH
Switzerland
Berne
7178000
41285
174
2889
German, French, Italian, Romansh
Names in other languages
Notes: 1where a version differing from German is available
Abbr
English
French
Italian
German
Romansh
Spanish
Esperanto1
AG Aargau Argovie Argovia Aargau Argovia Argovia
AI Appenzell Inner Rhodes[?] Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures Appenzello Interno Appenzell Innerhoden Appenzell dadens Appenzell Rodas Interiores
AR Appenzell Outer Rhodes[?] Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures Appenzello Esterno Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell dador Appenzell Rodas Exteriores
BS Basel-City Bâle-Ville Basilea Città Basel-Stadt Basilea-Citad Basilea-Ciudad Bazelo-Urbo
BL Basel-Country Bâle-Campagne Basilea Campagna Basel-Landschaft Basilea-Champagna Basilea-Campaña Bazelo-Kamparo
BE Berne[?] Berne Berna Bern Berna Berna Berno
FR Fribourg[?] Fribourg Friburgo Friburg Friburg Friburgo Friburgo
GE Geneva[?] Genève Ginevra Genf Genevra Ginebra Ĝenevo
GL Glarus[?] Glaris Glarona Glarus Glaruna Glaris
GR Graubünden Grisons Grigioni Graubünden Grischun Grisones Grizono
JU Jura Jura Giura Jura Giura Jura
LU Lucerne[?] Lucerne Lucerna Luzern Lucerna Lucerna Lucerno
NE Neuchâtel[?] Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuenburg Neuchâtel Neuchatel Neuchâtel
NW Nidwalden[?] Nidwald Nidvaldo Nidwalden Sutsilvania Unterwalden bajo
OW Obwalden[?] Obwald Obvaldo Obwalden Sursilvania Unterwalden alto
SH Schaffhausen[?] Schaffhouse Sciaffusa Schaffhausen Schaffusa Schaffhausen Ŝafhaŭzo
SZ Schwyz[?] Schwyz Svitto Schwyz Sviz Schwyz
SO Solothurn[?] Soleure Soletta Solothurn Soloturn Soleura
SG St. Gallen[?] Saint-Gall San Gallo St. Gallen Son Gagl Sankt Gallen
TG Thurgau[?] Thurgovie Turgovia Thurgau Turgovia Turgovia
TI Ticino Tessin Ticino Tessin Tessin Tesino Tiĉino
UR Uri Uri Uri Uri Uri Uri
VS Valais Valais Vallese Wallis Vallais Valais Valezo
VD Vaud[?] Vaud Vaud Waadt Vad Vaud Vaud
ZG Zug Zoug Zugo Zug Zug Zug
ZH Zurich Zurich Zurigo Zürich Turitg Zurich Zuriko