Municipalities (German: Gemeinden, Einwohnergemeinden or politische Gemeinden; French: communes; Italian: comuni; Romansh: vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation.
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The Swiss Confederation comprises the 26 cantons of Switzerland. Each canton has its individual structure for further subdivisions.
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Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons municipalities are also part of districts or other ...
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the form of the first three ...
Municipalities are the lowest tier subdivisions of Switzerland, below cantons. The major cities of Switzerland are municipalities, but many municipalities ...
The following is a list of the municipalities in Switzerland. Municipalities of Switzerland. Municipality · Canton · Aadorf, Thurgau. Aarau, Aargau. Aarberg ...
These are lists of municipalities of Switzerland. ... The main section for this category is in the article Municipalities of Switzerland, in the section titled ...
Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons. In the federally constituted Switzerland, each canton is completely free to decide its own ...