Greater Region (Switzerland)

Major regions of Switzerland (January 1, 2019)

A large region ( French grande région , Italian grande regione , Rhaeto-Romanic regiun gronda ) is a reference area in Switzerland defined by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) that is on a hierarchical level above the cantons . In the nomenclature of the European Union , this classification corresponds to the NUTS 2 level. Seven major regions are defined:

NUTS code	Greater region	Population as of September 30, 2018	combined cantons
CH01	Lake Geneva region	1,637,115	Geneva , Vaud and Valais
CH02	Espace Mittelland	1,875,729	Bern , Solothurn , Freiburg , Neuchâtel and Jura
CH03	Northwestern Switzerland	1,158,508	Basel-City , Basel-Country , Aargau
CH04	Zurich	1,516,908	Zurich
CH05	Eastern Switzerland	1,174,990	St. Gallen , Thurgau , Appenzell Innerrhoden , Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Glarus , Schaffhausen , Graubünden
CH06	Central Switzerland	810,549	Uri , Schwyz , Obwalden , Nidwalden , Lucerne , Zug
CH07	Ticino	353,133	Ticino

Since these areas always include entire cantons, they only partially correspond to the actual geographic regions of Switzerland; see also list of regions in Switzerland .

In the vernacular central Switzerland is often central Switzerland called. The region between Bern and Zurich is a plateau called and the French-speaking part of Switzerland is called Romandie , Welsch Switzerland, French-speaking Switzerland or Western Switzerland , respectively.

See also

• List of regions in Switzerland

Web links

• Map of the Federal Statistical Office ( PDF )
• Large regions at the Federal Statistical Office - definitions and population figures

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of NUTS. EUROSTAT, accessed on November 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ EUROSTAT: NUTS 2016-2021. European Commission, accessed on November 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Permanent resident population by nationality category, age and canton, 3rd quarter of 2018. In: bfs.admin.ch. Federal Statistical Office FSO, accessed on January 28, 2019 .