Switzerland

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Switzerland

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft - Confédération suisse - Confederazione Svizzera - Confederaziun svizra

The National Arms of Switzerland	The National Flag	Location

Administrative division

The Swiss Confederation consists of 26 cantons, which have, in comparison with the situation in other countries, a high degree of independence. The Cantons comprise a total of 2,485 municipalities, which, in some cantons, are clustered into Districts (Bezirke, Rayons).

All cantons and nearly all the municipalities use arms. Only a few districts use arms.

Arms of cantons, districts and municipalities

• Arms of the cantons

Canton		Capital	Canton		Capital
	Aargau	Aarau		Nidwalden	Stans
	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Herisau		Obwalden	Sarnen
	Appenzell Innerrhoden	Appenzell		Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen
	Basel-Landschaft	Liestal		Schwyz	Schwyz
	Basel-Stadt	Basel		Solothurn	Solothurn
	Bern	Bern		St. Gallen	Sankt Gallen
	Fribourg	Fribourg		Thurgau	Frauenfeld
	Genève	Genève		Ticino	Bellinzona
	Glarus	Glarus		Uri	Altdorf
	Graubünden	Chur		Valais/Wallis	Sion
	Jura	Delémont		Vaud	Lausanne
	Luzern	Luzern		Zug	Zug
	Neuchâtel	Neuchâtel		Zürich	Zürich

• Arms of districts
• Arms of municipalities :

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Please see here for some more municipalities on the old site:

R |S |T |V |W

Religious and Ecclesial heraldry

• Ecclesiastical heraldry of Switzerland

Heraldic collector's items

• Heraldic postcards
• Heraldic stamps from Switzerland
• Kaffee Hag albums 1914-1960

Other heraldry

• A series of cartoons of the Swiss cantons.