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Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graub%C3%BCnden" class="mw-redirect" title="Graubünden">Graubünden</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Zürich">Zürich</a>:</td> <td>Canton of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Zürich">Zürich</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Switzerland" title="Central Switzerland">Central Switzerland</a>:</td> <td>Cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">Uri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">Schwyz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">Obwalden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">Nidwalden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">Lucerne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">Zug</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Switzerland" title="Northwestern Switzerland">Northwestern Switzerland</a>:</td> <td>Cantons of <a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">Basel-Stadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basel-Landschaft" title="Basel-Landschaft">Basel-Landschaft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">Aargau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Espace_Mittelland" title="Espace Mittelland">Espace Mittelland</a>:</td> <td>Cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">Solothurn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuchatel" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Neuchatel">Neuchatel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">Jura</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_l%C3%A9manique" class="mw-redirect" title="Région lémanique">Région lémanique</a>:</td> <td>Cantons of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">Vaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Ticino</a>:</td> <td>Canton of <a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Ticino</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cantons">Cantons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subdivisions_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cantons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Cantons of Switzerland</a></div> <div role="img" class="floatright noresize" style="width: 600px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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font-size:85%; left:348px; top:274px"><b><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Ticino</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:444px; top:214px"><b><a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">Grisons</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:24px; top:298px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Geneva</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:78px; top:226px"><b><a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">Vaud</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:96px; top:154px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:162px; top:88px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">Jura</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:210px; top:184px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:378px; top:52px"><b><a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">Thurgau</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:330px; top:76px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zurich" title="Canton of Zurich">Zurich</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:270px; top:82px"><b><a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">Aargau</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:270px; top:142px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">Lucerne</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:204px; top:100px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">Solothurn</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:186px; top:70px"><b><a href="/wiki/Basel-Landschaft" title="Basel-Landschaft">Basel-Landschaft</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:300px; top:28px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:336px; top:196px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">Uri</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:336px; top:148px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">Schwyz</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:384px; top:160px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">Glarus</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:396px; top:124px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:426px; top:100px"><b><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Innerrhoden" title="Appenzell Innerrhoden">Appenzell Innerrhoden</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:414px; top:82px"><b><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" title="Appenzell Ausserrhoden">Appenzell Ausserrhoden</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:276px; top:184px"><b><a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">Obwalden</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:294px; top:166px"><b><a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">Nidwalden</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:324px; top:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">Zug</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:138px; top:208px"><b><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:198px; top:52px"><b><a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">Basel-Stadt</a></b></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:36px; top:130px"><i><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><span style="color: #48A3B5;">France</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:474px; top:352px"><i><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><span style="color: #48A3B5;">Italy</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:444px; top:130px"><i><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein"><span style="color: #48A3B5;">Liechten-<br />stein</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:534px; top:136px"><i><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><span style="color: #48A3B5;">Austria</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:456px; top:16px"><i><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><span style="color: #48A3B5;">Germany</span></a></i></div> </div> <p>The 26 <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">cantons of Switzerland</a> are the <a href="/wiki/State_(administrative_division)" class="mw-redirect" title="State (administrative division)">member states</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. Each <a href="/wiki/Canton_(administrative_division)" title="Canton (administrative division)">canton</a> was a fully <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereign</a> state<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with its own borders, army and currency from the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Westphalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Westphalia">Treaty of Westphalia</a> (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. </p><p>Each canton has its own <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitution</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Court" title="Court">courts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_Modern_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS_Modern-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the cantons' legislatures are <a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliaments</a>, their size varying between fifty-eight and two hundred seats. A few legislatures are general assemblies known as <i><a href="/wiki/Landsgemeinde" title="Landsgemeinde">Landsgemeinden</a></i>. The cantonal governments consist of either five or seven members, depending on the canton.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the names of the institutions, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_legislative_and_executive_councils_of_the_Cantons_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of legislative and executive councils of the Cantons of Switzerland">List of legislative and executive councils of the Cantons of Switzerland</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Swiss Federal Constitution</a> declares the cantons to be sovereign to the extent their sovereignty is not limited by federal law.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_Modern_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS_Modern-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cantons also retain all powers and competencies not delegated to the Confederation by the Constitution. Most significantly, the cantons are responsible for <a href="/wiki/Health_care" title="Health care">healthcare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Welfare_(financial_aid)" class="mw-redirect" title="Welfare (financial aid)">welfare</a>, law enforcement and <a href="/wiki/Public_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Public education">public education</a>; they also retain the power of <a href="/wiki/Tax" title="Tax">taxation</a>. The cantonal constitutions determine the degree of autonomy accorded to the <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipalities</a>, which varies but almost always includes the power to levy taxes and pass municipal laws. The sizes of the cantons vary from 37 km² to 7,105 km²; the populations vary from 15,471 to 1,244,400. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subdivisions_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Switzerland" title="Districts of Switzerland">Districts of Switzerland</a></div> <p>In contrast to centrally organised states, in the federally constituted <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> each <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Canton</a> is completely free to decide its own internal organisation. Therefore, there exists a variety of structures and terminology for the <a href="/wiki/Subnational_entities" class="mw-redirect" title="Subnational entities">subnational entities</a> between Canton and <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="Municipalities of Switzerland">Municipality</a>, loosely termed <a href="/wiki/District" title="District">districts</a> (i.e. Urban Administration Districts). </p><p>Most Cantons are divided into <i>Bezirke</i> (German for districts). They are also termed <i>Ämter</i> (<a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">Lucerne</a>), <i>Amtsbezirke</i> (<a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a>), <i>district</i> (in French) or <i>distretto</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Ticino</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Graubünden">Graubünden</a>). The Bezirke generally provide only administration and court organization. However, for historical reasons districts in cantons Graubünden and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">Schwyz</a> are their own <a href="/wiki/Juristic_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Juristic person">legal entities</a> with jurisdiction over tax and often have their own <a href="/wiki/Landsgemeinde" title="Landsgemeinde">Landsgemeinde</a>. </p><p>Eight of the 26 Cantons – <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">Uri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Obwalden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Obwalden">Obwalden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Nidwalden" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Nidwalden">Nidwalden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">Glarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">Zug</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Innerrhoden" title="Appenzell Innerrhoden">Appenzell Innerrhoden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basel-City" class="mw-redirect" title="Basel-City">Basel-City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Geneva</a> – have always existed without the district level of government. </p><p>A number of further cantons have dispensed with the district level recently, <a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" title="Appenzell Ausserrhoden">Appenzell Ausserrhoden</a> in 1995, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a> in 1999, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St_Gallen" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of St Gallen">St Gallen</a> in 2003 and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">Lucerne</a> in 2007. </p><p>A number of further cantons are considering (or have already decided) an abolition of the district level in the future: <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">Schwyz</a> in 2006 voted on its abolition, but voted in favour of keeping the division. <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a> in 2006 decided a reduction of its 26 districts to five administrative regions. <a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">Vaud</a> decided a reduction from 19 to 10 districts. <a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a> is planning a similar reduction and in <a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">Thurgau</a>, a reduction of eight to four districts is under discussion.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (March 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subdivisions_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="Municipalities of Switzerland">Municipalities of Switzerland</a></div> <p>Communes (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Gemeinden</i> / <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">communes</i> / <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">comuni</i> / <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>: <i lang="rm">vischnancas</i>), also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, numbering 2,636 as of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a> or <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> also have the legal status of municipalities. The <a href="/wiki/Area" title="Area">area</a> of the municipalities varies between <a href="/wiki/1_E5_m%C2%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 E5 m²">0.32 km²</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kaiserstuhl,_Aargau" title="Kaiserstuhl, Aargau">Kaiserstuhl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">Aargau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rivaz" title="Rivaz">Rivaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">Vaud</a>) and <a href="/wiki/1_E8_m%C2%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="1 E8 m²">439 km²</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scuol" title="Scuol">Scuol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graub%C3%BCnden" class="mw-redirect" title="Graubünden">Graubünden</a>). </p><p>Each canton defines their responsibilities. These may include providing local government services such as education, medical and social services, public transportation, and tax collection. The degree of centralization varies from one canton to another.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Communes are generally governed by a council (sometimes called Municipality) headed by a <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> as <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Town_meeting" title="Town meeting">town meeting</a> as <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a>. Most cantons leave the option to larger municipalities to opt for a city <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliament</a>. In some cantons, foreign persons that have dwelled for a certain time in Switzerland are also allowed to participate in the municipal politics.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Swiss_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss citizenship">Swiss citizenship</a> is based on the citizenship of a municipality. Every Swiss is citizen of one or several municipalities (i.e. the place of origin, <i>lieu d'origine</i>, <i>Heimatort</i>). </p><p>Communes are financed through direct taxes (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a>), with rates varying more or less within a framework set by the canton.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Many municipalities are having difficulties maintaining the civil services they need to perform the duties they are required to do. In an effort to reduce expenses, many municipalities are combining (through mergers or the creation of <a href="/wiki/Special-purpose_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Special-purpose district">special-purpose districts</a>). This restructuring is generally encouraged by the cantonal governments and the rate of these unions is increasing.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>"Cities" (<i>villes</i> or <i>Städte</i>) are the municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants or smaller places which had medieval town rights. There is no specific designation for smaller communities such as "village" or "town".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_subdivisions">Other subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subdivisions_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some subdivisions that exist are: </p> <ul><li>Region <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Verwaltungsregionen</i> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_the_canton_of_Bern" title="Subdivisions of the canton of Bern">Subdivisions of the canton of Bern</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Electoral district <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Amtei</i> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_the_canton_of_Solothurn" title="Subdivisions of the canton of Solothurn">Subdivisions of the canton of Solothurn</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Constituencies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Wahlkreis</i> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_the_canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Subdivisions of the canton of St. Gallen">Subdivisions of the canton of St. Gallen</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Sub-district or <a href="/wiki/Circle_(administrative_division)" title="Circle (administrative division)">circle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Circle_(administrative_division)" title="Circle (administrative division)">Kreis</a></i> (e.g. Graubünden)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Circolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Circolo">Circolo</a></i> (e.g. Ticino)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Circle_(administrative_division)" title="Circle (administrative division)">Cercle</a></i> (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_the_canton_of_Vaud" title="Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud">Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Subdivisions_of_Switzerland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="List of former municipalities of Switzerland">List of former municipalities of Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spatial_planning_in_Switzerland" title="Spatial planning in Switzerland">Spatial planning in Switzerland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Cantons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Innerrhoden" title="Appenzell Innerrhoden">AI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">AG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" title="Appenzell Ausserrhoden">AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">BE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Landschaft" title="Basel-Landschaft">BL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">BS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">FR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">GE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">GL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">GR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">JU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">LU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">OW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">SG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">SH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">SO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">SZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">TG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">TI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">UR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">VD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">VS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">ZG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zurich" title="Canton of Zurich">ZH</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Switzerland" title="Districts of Switzerland">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="Municipalities of Switzerland">Municipalities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Switzerland" title="List of cities in Switzerland">list of cities and towns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Switzerland" title="NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland">Statistical regions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Switzerland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Switzerland" title="List of earthquakes in Switzerland">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Switzerland" title="List of extreme points of Switzerland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Switzerland" title="Fauna of Switzerland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Switzerland" title="Forests of Switzerland">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_in_Switzerland" title="List of glaciers in Switzerland">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrology_of_Switzerland" title="Hydrology of Switzerland">Hydrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Switzerland" title="List of islands of Switzerland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Switzerland" title="List of lakes of Switzerland">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes_in_Switzerland" title="List of mountain passes in Switzerland">Mountain passes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prominent_mountains_of_Switzerland" title="List of prominent mountains of Switzerland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_parks_in_Switzerland" title="Nature parks in Switzerland">Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Switzerland" title="List of rivers of Switzerland">Rivers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland" title="Politics of Switzerland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_courts_of_Switzerland" title="Federal courts of Switzerland">Courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Switzerland" title="Elections in Switzerland">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Switzerland" title="Foreign relations of Switzerland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li>Government <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Council (Switzerland)">Federal Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation" title="President of the Swiss Confederation">President of the Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Switzerland" title="Human rights in Switzerland">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Switzerland">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsgemeinde" title="Landsgemeinde">Landsgemeinde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Switzerland" title="Law of Switzerland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Switzerland" title="Law enforcement in Switzerland">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Armed_Forces" title="Swiss Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Redoubt_(Switzerland)" title="National Redoubt (Switzerland)">National Redoubt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_neutrality" title="Swiss neutrality">Neutrality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Assembly (Switzerland)">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_States_(Switzerland)" title="Council of States (Switzerland)">Council of States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Switzerland" title="List of political parties in Switzerland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_initiative_in_Switzerland" title="Popular initiative in Switzerland">Popular initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland" title="Voting in Switzerland">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_decree" title="Federal decree">Federal decree</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Switzerland" title="Economy of Switzerland">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Switzerland" title="Economic history of Switzerland">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Switzerland" title="Agriculture in Switzerland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Switzerland" title="Banking in Switzerland">Banking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank" title="Swiss National Bank">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Switzerland" title="List of banks in Switzerland">Private banks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Switzerland" title="List of companies of Switzerland">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Switzerland" title="Energy in Switzerland">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Franc <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland">Pharmaceutical industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Switzerland" title="Science and technology in Switzerland">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIX_Swiss_Exchange" title="SIX Swiss Exchange">Stock exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_made" title="Swiss made">Swiss made</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Switzerland" title="Taxation in Switzerland">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Switzerland" title="Telecommunications in Switzerland">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Switzerland" title="Tourism in Switzerland">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Switzerland" title="Trade unions in Switzerland">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Switzerland" title="Transport in Switzerland">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Switzerland" title="List of airports in Switzerland">air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Switzerland" title="Rail transport in Switzerland">rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Swiss_main_roads" title="List of Swiss main roads">road</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waste_management_in_Switzerland" title="Waste management in Switzerland">Waste management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Switzerland" title="Category:Society of Switzerland">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Switzerland" title="Abortion in Switzerland">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Switzerland" title="Capital punishment in Switzerland">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Switzerland" title="Conscription in Switzerland">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Switzerland" title="Corruption in Switzerland">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Switzerland" title="Crime in Switzerland">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland" title="Demographics of Switzerland">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Switzerland" title="Education in Switzerland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euthanasia_in_Switzerland" title="Euthanasia in Switzerland">Euthanasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzerland" title="Firearms regulation in Switzerland">Firearms regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Switzerland" title="Health in Switzerland">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland" title="Healthcare in Switzerland">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Switzerland" title="Homelessness in Switzerland">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Switzerland" title="Human trafficking in Switzerland">Human trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Switzerland" title="Immigration to Switzerland">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pension_system_in_Switzerland" title="Pension system in Switzerland">Pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prisons_in_Switzerland" title="List of prisons in Switzerland">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Switzerland" title="Poverty in Switzerland">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Switzerland" title="Prostitution in Switzerland">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_security_in_Switzerland" title="Social security in Switzerland">Social security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_people" title="Swiss people">Swiss people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Welfare_Policy_in_Switzerland" title="Public Welfare Policy in Switzerland">Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Switzerland" title="Women in Switzerland">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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