Greater region of Northwestern Switzerland

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Northwestern Switzerland
Northwestern Switzerland map
Cantons : Canton of Basel-StadtCanton of Basel-Stadt Basel city

Canton of Basel-CountryCanton of Basel-Country Basel-Country

Kanton AargauKanton Aargau Aargau

Official languages : German
Surface: 1,959  km²
Residents: 1,158,508 (September 30, 2018)
Population density : 591 inhabitants per km²

The Northwestern Switzerland is a large region of Switzerland after the division of the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). It comprises the three cantons of Basel-Stadt , Basel-Landschaft and Aargau . It is therefore not congruent with the region of Northwestern Switzerland in the usual sense, which includes Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and the parts of Aargau and the canton of Solothurn north of the Jura .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The seven major regions of Switzerland: Switzerland in the European regional system. (PDF) Press release from the Federal Statistical Office from 1999. (No longer available online.) In: bfs.admin.ch. Federal Statistical Office FSO, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 1, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bfs.admin.ch
  2. 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 .