Well, it seems that there are too many cities in Switzerland. Let see which are the right ones and which are only small towns.
The largest ones:
- Geneva
- Lausanne
- Bern
- Basel
- Zurich
The next largest ones:
- Vevey – Montreux
- Biel/Bienne
- Thun
- Lucerne
- Winterthur
- St. Gallen
- Lugano
The third largest ones:
- Yverdon les Bains
- Fribourg
- Neuchâtel
- La Chaux de Fonds
- Solothurn
- Olten
- Aarau
- Schaffhausen
- Kreuzlingen
- Frauenfeld
- Wil
- Chur
- Bellinzona
- Locarno
And the small cities and towns:
- Nyon
- Morges
- Martigny
- Sion
- Sierre
- Brig
- Le Locle
- Delémont
- Porrentruy
- Grenchen
- Burgdorf
- Langenthal
- Interlaken
- Rheinfelden
- Brugg
- Baden
- Lenzburg
- Zug
- Rapperswil-Jona
- Romanshorn
- Arbon
- Rorschach
The criteria for a settlement cite to be a city are:
- Territory area
- Population
- Population density
- Area, population and population of the surrounding settlement space (the agglomeration)
- Large cities often consist of quarters or districts
Characters of a typical city:
- Old town or city centre
- Dense street network and junction of highways
- Public transport network
- City architecture and planning
- Industrial zones in the surroundings
