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Biggest Cities in Switzerland

Try to name the 10 most populous cities in Switzerland, by city proper population
City population, not urban area
Dec 2019, www.bfs.admin.ch
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First submittedDecember 29, 2012
Times taken46,877
Average score60.0%
Rating4.52
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Population
City
420'217
Zürich
203'951
Geneva
173'232
Basel
139'408
Lausanne
134'591
Bern
Population
City
113'173
Winterthur
82'257
Lucerne
76'090
St. Gallen
62'615
Lugano
55'602
Biel/Bienne
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54 Comments
AlfieJMD
+13
Level 39
Jul 12, 2016
No doubt ticket to ride helped me here :P
Quizzer4ever
+7
Level 25
Jan 29, 2021
I got Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne and Bern. The average.
ProbablyANerd
+2
Level 46
Aug 27, 2024
Same except I didn't get Basel
NoOneCares
+2
Level 19
Dec 15, 2024
This was easy because i'm swiss. However, the english Version wasn't as easy to type, so it took an 1 Minute. In the german Version, I only took 24 Seconds to finish this quiz.
Asterlan
+3
Level 57
Feb 23, 2021
It helped me get Lucerne, St. Gallen, and Winterthur (on top of the 4 more obvious I’ve already heard of before)
Tramp
+8
Level 79
Jul 16, 2016
I'm surprised people scored so well in this quiz. My geography is pretty good, but I've only ever heard of Zurich, Geneva and Bern!
Gnomeland24
+4
Level 67
Jul 16, 2016
same
jmellor13
+2
Level 68
Jul 16, 2016
I also know Basel from its mention in some movie or song or something. But otherwise...yeah.
chondrichthyess
+4
Level 60
May 2, 2017
Basel is distinct because it's at the border where Germany, France and Switzerland meet. I recognized the name because I've seen it on a Jetpunk quiz before
protector441
+2
Level 48
Jul 19, 2016
Definitely agree. I often score over 90 percentile and in this case also didn´t make up more than 3. I also heard of Lausanne because of Lausanne peace treaty, which ended Turkish war of independence after WWI, but I thought it was rather an quarter or palace in France like Versailles, Saint-Germain, Neuilly-sur-Seine or Sévres.
Djilas
+3
Level 86
Oct 1, 2016
Sevres was the palace for the peace treaty with defeated Ottoman Empire in 1919, I guess in 1923 it was more suitable to choose a neutral place
Maximirb13
+3
Level 78
Feb 5, 2021
I know Zurich and Geneva because they are popular cities, Bern because its the capital, Basel from football, and Lucerne because I've been there before. Switzerland is an amazing country.
camus
+5
Level 80
Feb 23, 2021
Lausanne: seat of the International Olympic Committee. St. Gallen: seat of an awesome abbey library that served as one of Europe's intellectual centers during the Middle Ages. Basel: a place of carnival and cultural freedom since the Renaissance, and the setting of Hermann Hesse's "Steppenwolf" :)
NoOneCares
+1
Level 19
Dec 15, 2024
St. Gallen: The Canton I live in, whose Capital is also St. Gallen :)
NoOneCares
+1
Level 19
Dec 15, 2024
Probably they're all swiss like me, or from Germany, Liechtenstein and Austria, or they just Visit Switzerland oft
PumaDAces
+1
Level 17
Mar 20, 2026
Well we don't really have big cities in general (we are a sprawling country). So all except for the first 3 ones have less than 100k inhabitants. But we do have a lot of tourism so that's where I think they got these names from. (Lausanne is also known for it's university, but for example lucerne and lugano are very touristic)
cricketwes
+2
Level 56
Jul 16, 2016
Well I got 3...
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Jul 16, 2016
I probably got the same 3.
joeythelemur
+2
Level 80
Jul 16, 2016
Yep, got 3, though took a bit of solace that I had at least heard of the next 4.
cqcrt
+2
Level 78
Jul 16, 2016
4 :D
WLicky
+2
Level 18
Feb 26, 2021
lucky i got 2 -_-
Findlay
+2
Level 80
Jul 18, 2016
So it turns out I don't know much about Switzerland..
Creedh
+1
Level 15
Mar 31, 2023
im from switzerland :)
NoOneCares
+1
Level 19
Dec 15, 2024
Same
DANIELPORTER
+10
Level 52
Jul 19, 2016
Knowledge of Swiss football clubs helped here. 8/10
DonTheLamplighter
+11
Level 87
Dec 19, 2019
Yeah, that only got me a 7/10. Apparently there aren't any cities in Switzerland named "Grasshoppers" or "Young Boys". :-(
macie22austria
+5
Level 43
Jul 22, 2016
As an Austrian i got 5, i should've gotten Luzern and Winterthur though.
Gassu
+3
Level 69
Sep 1, 2018
10/10, 2:43 remaining. THANK YOU for using 'Zürich' and not that weird Zurich version!
NoOneCares
+1
Level 19
Dec 15, 2024
FINALLY SOMEONE GOT A BRAIN AND WROTE ZÜRICH NOT ZURICH! YIPPIEE
Caden
+3
Level 30
Feb 20, 2019
I literally only got bern but I forgot about zurich,i now nothing about.

switzerland

NoahFulbrook
+1
Level 35
Jun 12, 2019
i didnt think winterthur was a city? isnt it part of zurich? not complaining, just wondering. only tried it bc i went there :p
BENNWOLF
+4
Level 47
Sep 23, 2019
Yes it Winterthur is a city and it's like 20 minutes with a train from Zurich.
Relox84
+7
Level 69
May 10, 2020
Surprised not to see Neuchâtel here, I thought it was a rather big city.
TheEnzo
+2
Level 60
Jun 2, 2020
same
SaintCity
+2
Level 60
Jul 24, 2020
Neuchâtel is in fact no even in the top 20 (rank 21).
Asterlan
+3
Level 57
Feb 23, 2021
I was a bit surprised about no Sion either. Oh well...
NoOneCares
+1
Level 19
Dec 15, 2024
I wonder which Rank Zug and Uster are too
salvadoran
+3
Level 62
Feb 23, 2021
9/10 on first try... Definitely helps being from Baden
Oatmeal11
+5
Level 78
Feb 23, 2021
Those are the weirdest looking commas I have ever seen
vermiciousknid
+5
Level 91
Feb 23, 2021
Yeah, I thought it seemed weird too. I just looked it up and apparently in Switzerland (at least in some cases) the apostrophe is used as a "thousands" separator instead of a comma, and the comma is used for decimals instead of a period. Any Swiss folks want to elaborate?
camus
+6
Level 80
Feb 23, 2021
Not Swiss but the comma is commonly used for decimals outside of the English speaking world. Here's a map. Apostrophe seems to be a Swiss thing according to Wikipedia but I think I've seen it a few times in Germany as well.
ULTIMATT
+1
Level 79
Apr 18, 2023
In Switzerland it is the normal separator for numbers. In the spoken language (german, french, italian) we say comma for decimal numbers and not point, so that is also the way we write it. I wasn't aware that this was so unusual
SpencerGT
+3
Level 68
Feb 23, 2021
I only got Lucerne because it is the name of the store brand dairy products at the local supermarket.
InfiniteBulk
+2
Level 72
Mar 15, 2021
I thought Geneva was part of France until now...
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 74
Jul 16, 2023
What
NoOneCares
+1
Level 19
Dec 15, 2024
That hit me (Even though i'm not from Genf!)
Charliezard
+1
Level 67
Oct 27, 2021
What's with the apostrophes in the numbers instead of commas? I know that periods are used in many places, but apostrophes?
Crantor
+6
Level 63
Jan 15, 2022
The official swiss number formatting:

Period (.) is the decimal separator

Apostrophe (') is the 1'000 indicator.

The big advantage is that they are very distinct - even with a very sloppy handwriting... (e.g. 1'234'456.00)

Charliezard
+2
Level 67
Aug 10, 2023
Well, they have a point, it makes it easier to distinguish. Tbh, I think I prefer that way...
FootballMaster19
+1
Level 35
Mar 24, 2023
im from switzerland and got 8
Booki
+1
Level 63
Aug 13, 2023
7/10 more than avarage wow
JustinRS
+1
Level 59
Aug 8, 2024
Got 10.. would be a shame if I got less as a geography nerd from Switzerland tho
Joheemah
+1
Level 65
Nov 4, 2025
Bern, Zürich, Geneva, Basel, Lugano, and Saint Gallen for me.
MartinZh
+1
Level 40
Mar 23, 2026
I only missed Biel/Bienne. I didn't know it was that big.
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