Below is a list of

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ...

s and cities in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Until 2014

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

with more than 10,000 inhabitants were considered to be towns (german: Stadt/Städte, french: ville(s), it, città). Since 2014, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) uses a new algorithm (called german: Statistische Städte 2012, or french: Villes statistiques 2012) to define whether a municipality can be called a town or not; it now also depends on its character. Currently, FSO considers 162 municipalities as towns/cities (german: Statistische Städte, french: Villes statistiques) in Switzerland. Further, some municipalities which would fulfill such a definition nevertheless prefer to understand themselves still as a village, or consequently refer to themselves just as municipalities (german: Gemeinde, french: commune, it, comune). The Swiss definition of a town differs from the definition of a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

List of towns and cities

This is an alphabetical list of towns or cities (these English terms can be used interchangeably, as there is no official differentiation), which follows the FSO's definition (german: Statistische Städte 2012, french: Villes statistiques 2012), as well as places with historic

town rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

(h) and/or market towns (m). *Places in bold print are towns because of the FSO's definition ''and'' historic town/market rights. *Places in ''italics'' are towns excluded by the FSO's definition, but places which have either historic town rights (h) or historic market rights (m). *Places in normal print are towns according to the FSO's definition. *Places that had lost historic town rights previously are identified with "-h". *Cantonal capitals (german: Hauptort, french: chef-lieu, it, capoluogo) are underlined. File:Veduta di Zurigo 2.jpg,

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

File:Geneve 2005 001 Ork.ch.jpg, Geneva File:Basel - Münsterpfalz1.jpg,

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (B ...

File:Lausanne vue du crêt de Montriond (2).jpg, Lausanne File:Bundeshaus, Bern.JPG, Bern File:Winterthur, Switzerland - panoramio (1).jpg, Winterthur File:Lucerne city, lake and mountains.jpg, Lucerne File:St.Gallen vonDreiweieren 09.jpg, St Gallen File:Lago di Lugano at Sunset.jpg, Lugano File:Bienna. Centro storico (DOI 21477).jpg, Biel/Bienne File:Panorama Fribourg 107.JPG, Fribourg/Freiburg

List of towns and cities

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