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City Canton Local language Population Names in other languages Aarau: AG: de [1]: 16,500: L'Abbaye: VD: fr: Aigle: VD: fr: Alpnach: OW: de: 5,100: Appenzell: AI: de ...
Geneva Chur: Graubünden Churwalden: Graubünden Clarmont: Vaud Clos du Doubs: Jura Coeuve: Jura Coinsins: Vaud Coldrerio: Ticino Collex-Bossy: Geneva Collina d'Oro: Ticino Collombey-Muraz: Valais Collonge-Bellerive: Geneva Collonges: Valais Cologny: Geneva Comano: Ticino Commugny: Vaud Concise: Vaud Confignon: Geneva Conters im Prättigau ...
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 ...
Map of Switzerland. This is a list of municipalities in Switzerland which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Under the Old Swiss Confederacy, citizenship was granted by each town and village to only residents. These citizens enjoyed access to community property and in some cases additional protection under the law. Additionally, the urban towns and the rural villages had differing rights and laws.
In spite of Swiss settlements like Highland (Illinois), New Glarus (Wisconsin), New Bern (North Carolina), Gruetli and Bernstadt were emerging fast, most Swiss preferred rural villages of the Midwest and the Pacific Coast where especially the Italian Swiss were taking part in California's winegrowing culture, or then took up residence in more ...
There were 5 Swiss men and 4 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 27 non-Swiss men and 22 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 70 and the non-Swiss ...
The two towns are located in the remote Swiss Jura Mountains. Due to poor agricultural land, the towns focused on watchmaking. After devastating fires in the 19th century, both towns were rebuilt to support this single industry. Artisanal production of a cottage industry developed into factory industry of the late 19th and 20th centuries.