What languages are spoken in Switzerland?

French, Swiss German, Italian, and Romansh.

SWITZERLAND

Swiss Confederation · CH / CHE / 756

ISO 3166-1 CHE · 756

Switzerland is a western europe country in Europe. It has a population of 8,516,543, uses CHF, speaks French, Swiss German, and Italian.

Population 8,516,543

Area (km²) 41,284

Capital Bern

Region Western Europe

All facts

fields

ISO alpha-3: CHE
ISO numeric: 756
Calling code: +41
TLD: .ch
Driving side: —
Currencies: CHF
Languages: fra, gsw, ita, roh
Timezones: —
Flag: 🇨🇭

Cities

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Zürich Zurich 415,367

Genève Geneva 201,741

Basel Basel-City 177,595

Lausanne Vaud 139,111

Bern Bern 121,631

Winterthur Zurich 111,840

Luzern Lucerne 81,691

Sankt Gallen Saint Gallen 75,833

Lugano Ticino 63,185

Biel/Bienne Bern 55,120

Zürich (Kreis 11) Zurich 54,260

Zürich (Kreis 3) Zurich 46,018

Zürich (Kreis 9) Zurich 44,878

Thun Bern 43,723

Bellinzona Ticino 43,220

Köniz Bern 41,784

Fribourg Fribourg 38,365

La Chaux-de-Fonds Neuchâtel 37,942

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen 36,587

Zürich (Kreis 10) Zurich 36,216

Chur Grisons 35,373

Rapperswil Saint Gallen 34,776

Uster Zurich 34,715

Sitten Valais 34,708

Zürich (Kreis 7) Zurich 33,820

Neuchâtel Neuchâtel 33,475

Emmen Lucerne 30,926

Zug Zug 30,542

Yverdon-les-Bains Vaud 30,157

Vernier Geneva 30,086

Zürich (Kreis 6) Zurich 29,951

Zürich (Kreis 2) Zurich 29,215

Zürich (Kreis 9) / Altstetten Zurich 28,307

Zürich (Kreis 12) Zurich 28,189

Lancy Geneva 27,291

Zürich (Kreis 4) / Aussersihl Zurich 27,273

Montreux Vaud 25,984

Frauenfeld Thurgau 25,607

Kriens Lucerne 25,010

Wetzikon Zurich 24,764

Wil Saint Gallen 23,955

Bulle Fribourg 23,438

Horgen Zurich 22,662

Kreuzlingen Thurgau 21,997

Aarau Aargau 21,503

Heliport

LSGN

Neuchâtel Airfield

Small airport

LSGL

Lausanne la Blécherette Airport

Small airport

Universities

linked

BFH - Bern University of Applied Sciences

bfh.ch

Business and Hotel Management School

bhms.ch

Business School Lausanne (BSL)

bsl-lausanne.ch

CHUV - University Hospital Lausanne

chuv.ch

Cubidor University Switzerland

cubidor.com

DCT International Hotel & Business Management School

dct.ch

EPFL - EPF Lausanne

epfl.ch

ETHZ - ETH Zurich

ethz.ch

European Graduate School, Media & Communications

egs.edu

European University

euruni.edu

Fachhochschule Pur

phw.info

FFHS - Fernfachhochschule Schweiz

ffhs.ch

FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

fhnw.ch

FHS St.Gallen

fhsg.ch

Franklin College Switzerland

fc.edu

FAQ

4 questions

What currency does Switzerland use?: CHF.
What languages are spoken in Switzerland?: French, Swiss German, Italian, and Romansh.
What is the capital of Switzerland?: Bern.
How many cities are in Switzerland?: 1,895 on record.

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/CH

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    "iso_numeric": "756",
    "common_name": "Switzerland",
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    "capital": "Bern",
    "region": "Europe",
    "subregion": "Western Europe",
    "population": 8516543,
    "flag_emoji": "🇨🇭",
    "car_side": null,
    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+41"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".ch"
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/ch.svg",
    "area": 41284.0,
    "latitude": 47.0,
    "longitude": 8.0,
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        "name": "Swiss franc",
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      "DEU"
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    "timezone_ids": []
  }
}